8.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lower Wilmot · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lower Wilmot
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small number of overseas-born residents live in Lower Wilmot, where ancestral ties to the British Isles remain the most common. Most people here claim Australian, English, or Scottish heritage. This reflects a community with very few recent arrivals from other parts of the world.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People in Lower Wilmot most often identify as Australian (42.6%) or English (39.0%). Scottish (15.4%), German (6.6%), and Irish (5.9%) ancestries are also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.8% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and far below the national average of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia (83.1%).
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 Lower Wilmot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60365/lower-wilmot/topic/ancestry-heritage