21.4% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hobart - South and West · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hobart - South and West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A gap of 6% separates Hobart - South and West from the rest of Tasmania in terms of overseas births. While the area is much more diverse than the state average, it still falls well below the national figure for people born abroad.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 44% and 37% of the population, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.4% of residents were born overseas, a figure that rose 4.4 percentage points since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (75.7%), with England and China as the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Hobart - South and West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60104/hobart-south-and-west/topic/ancestry-heritage