9.3% ▲ +22.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Emu Heights · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English roots are the most common in Emu Heights, with both groups making up over 40% of the area's ancestry. This heritage is reflected in a population that is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.8% and English at 40.1%, followed by Scottish, Irish and German roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.3% of people here were born overseas, which is lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4%. This is far below the national average of 27.7%, with 87.4% of residents born in Australia.
9.3% ▲ +22.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Emu Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60190/emu-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage