25.8% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dairy Plains · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dairy Plains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a quarter of people in Dairy Plains were born overseas, which is far above the Tasmanian figure. This creates a diverse local profile where English, Australian, and Scottish ancestries are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 33.3%, followed closely by Australian at 31.8% and Scottish at 12.1%. Other notable groups include Italian and Irish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 25.8% of residents were born overseas, a figure much higher than most similar areas and 10 percentage points above the state average. While 75.8% were born in Australia, India (6.1%) and New Zealand (4.5%) are the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Dairy Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60144/dairy-plains/topic/ancestry-heritage