33.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Abels Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Abels Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A remarkably high 33.1% of people in Abels Bay were born overseas, placing the area among the highest for international births compared to similar places. This diversity is seen in a population where over a third of residents have roots outside Australia, though British and Irish ancestries remain the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 37.8%, followed by Australian at 28.3%, Irish at 15.0%, Scottish at 13.4%, and German at 4.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far above the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and well above the national rate of 27.7%. While 60.6% were born in Australia, the rest of the community mostly hails from England (8.7%) and New Zealand (7.1%).
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 Abels Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60002/abels-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage