9.4% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chasm Creek · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift in roots has occurred in Chasm Creek since 2011, though it remains a place with deep ties to the British Isles. Over half the residents claim Australian ancestry, while many others trace their family lines back to England and Ireland.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is most common at 52.8%, followed by English at 34% and Irish at 13.2%. German heritage is also present for 9.4% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.4% of people were born overseas, which is well below the 15.4% figure for Tasmania and far below the Australian average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 81.1% of the population.
9.4% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Chasm Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60109/chasm-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage