7.7% ▲ +30.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bellingham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bellingham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Bellingham than in most similar areas. This is a predominantly Australian-born community, with only 7.7% of residents arriving from abroad.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.6% and 33.3% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish heritage follow at 9% and 7.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 7.7%, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 15.4% and far below the Australian average of 27.7%. Most of the community was born in Australia (74.4%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.8%.
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 Bellingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60040/bellingham/topic/ancestry-heritage