27.5% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moonah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moonah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a quarter of people in Moonah were born overseas, making it far more diverse than the Tasmanian average. This mix is clear in the local ancestry, where English and Australian roots are most common, alongside growing numbers of residents from India and Nepal.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (35.8%) and Australian (31.3%) are the most common ancestries, while Irish (10.4%), Scottish (8.3%) and Indian (3.8%) also make up a significant part of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 27.5% of the population, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and about the same as the national average. Many of these residents come from Nepal (6.1%) and India (4.1%).
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 Moonah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60419/moonah/topic/ancestry-heritage