8.2% ▼ -42.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Elliott · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Elliott
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deep roots in British and Irish heritage shape the identity of Elliott, where nearly half of the people claim Australian ancestry. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents, creating a local population that is much more homogenous than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 47.6% and English at 46.2%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 11.5% and 10.7% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is well below the Tasmania average and far below the national rate. Most residents were born in Australia (88.5%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4.8%.
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 Elliott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60188/elliott/topic/ancestry-heritage