10.3% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sorell · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sorell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local heritage defines Sorell, where nearly half the population identifies as having English ancestry. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a small but growing number of residents moving here from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 46.3% and 43% of the population respectively. Other significant roots include Irish at 10.8% and Scottish at 9.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below Tasmania's 15.4%. This proportion has risen slightly by 1.6 percentage points since 2011, with 83% of residents born in Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Sorell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA64810/sorell/topic/ancestry-heritage