22.0% ▲ +57.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lenah Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lenah Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A gap of 6.6 percentage points separates Lenah Valley from the rest of Tasmania, as 22.0% of its residents were born overseas. This makes the area much more internationally diverse than most similar places, though it remains well below the national average for overseas birthplaces.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 41.0% and 35.8% of the population respectively. Other significant groups include Irish, Scottish, and Chinese ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 75.6% of people were born in Australia, Lenah Valley has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than the state average. India, England, China, and Nepal are the most common birth countries outside Australia.
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 Lenah Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60331/lenah-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage