5.1% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Emita · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Emita
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries remain the dominant roots for people in Emita, where the vast majority of residents were born locally. This heritage is reflected in the high proportion of people identifying as English, Australian, or Irish.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of residents claim English ancestry (55.9%), followed by Australian (33.9%), Irish (25.4%), and Scottish (20.3%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and the national rate of 27.7%. This means the area is much less diverse than most other places, with 91.5% of the population born in 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 Emita [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60189/emita/topic/ancestry-heritage