8.8% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Montana · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Montana
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Montana than in most other parts of the country. This is a very traditional Australian community, where 96.5% of residents were born here, leaving a gap of nearly 19 percentage points compared to the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian (61.4%) or English (35.1%) ancestry. Other common roots include Irish at 15.8%, and both Scottish and Dutch at 7.0%.
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%. This is also 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 Montana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60414/montana/topic/ancestry-heritage