15.8% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lune River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lune River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher proportion of people were born overseas in Lune River than in most similar areas. While almost half of the residents claim Australian ancestry, the community maintains strong ties to British roots, with English and Scottish ancestry also very common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common for 36.8% of residents, while 18.4% identify as Scottish and 7.9% as Irish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 15.8% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Tasmanian figure, though far below the national average 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 Lune River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60372/lune-river/topic/ancestry-heritage