14.7% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Howrah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Howrah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural roots shape the daily life of Howrah, where nearly 15% of people were born overseas. While English and Australian ancestries are the most common, the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar places.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (45.9%) and Australian (41.3%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish (11.9%), Scottish (10.9%), and German (3.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14.7% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Tasmanian figure. However, this is far below the Australian average of 27.7%, with most people born in Australia (83.0%), England (3.4%), and China (1.5%).
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 Howrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60281/howrah/topic/ancestry-heritage