14.9% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Leith · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Leith
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Leith identify as Australian by ancestry. This is the most common ancestral group in the area, followed closely by those with English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestry are the most frequent, making up 49.2% and 45.6% of the population. Scottish and Irish roots follow at 9.7% and 9.3%, while 5.2% of people claim Dutch ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14.9% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the Tasmanian average, though it is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Leith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60329/leith/topic/ancestry-heritage