21.4% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gardners Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gardners Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A diverse mix of backgrounds shapes daily life in Gardners Bay, where over one in five residents were born overseas. This is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.7%, followed by Australian at 37.3%. Irish and Scottish heritage are also prominent, each accounting for about 14.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.4% of people here were born overseas, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 15.4%. While 73.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England at 10.4% and South Africa at 2.9%.
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 Gardners Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60221/gardners-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage