16.5% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goulds Country · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Goulds Country
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Goulds Country than in most similar areas. While British roots are common, about 16.5% of the population grew up outside Australia, which is slightly higher than the Tasmanian average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 54.9%, followed by Australian at 33% and Scottish at 25.3%. Irish and Italian heritage are also present, each accounting for 6.6% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.5% of residents were born overseas, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% but far below the national average of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (73.6%), with England (6.6%) and New Zealand (4.4%) being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Goulds Country [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60242/goulds-country/topic/ancestry-heritage