12.6% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
7171, TAS · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 7171, TAS
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 12.6% of people in postcode 7171 were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly of English and Australian descent, with nearly 89% of residents claiming one of these two ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (45.9%) and Australian (42.7%) ancestries are the most common, followed by Irish at 11.9%, Scottish at 9.8%, and German at 4.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas has risen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 12.6%. This is a little below the Tasmania figure of 15.4% and far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 7171, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7171/7171-tas/topic/ancestry-heritage