20.6% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lucaston · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lucaston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have moved to Lucaston from overseas in recent years, with 20.6% of residents now born abroad. This is well above the Tasmanian figure, though still well below the national average. The community remains predominantly of British and Irish descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 48.3% and 46.2% of the population respectively. Other notable roots include Scottish (11.4%), Irish (9.5%), and German (4.3%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About one in five residents were born overseas, a figure much higher than most similar areas. While 75.8% were born in Australia, England is the most common overseas birthplace at 9.5%, followed by South Africa at 2.6%.
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 Lucaston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60367/lucaston/topic/ancestry-heritage