31.9% ▲ +40.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Birchs Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Birchs Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents now live in Birchs Bay, with 31.9% of the population born abroad. This makes the area far more diverse than the typical Tasmanian community. English and Australian ancestries remain the most common roots for those living here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the residents claim English ancestry (46.6%), followed by Australian (32.8%), Irish (21.6%), and Scottish (19.0%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much higher than in most areas, sitting at 31.9%. This is far above the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and well above the national average of 27.7%, with England being the most common birthplace outside Australia at 9.5%.
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 Birchs Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60046/birchs-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage