10.0% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Needles · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Needles
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Needles compared to the rest of the country, with only 10% arriving from abroad. This is a small community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia, reflecting a strong tie to local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 50% and 44% of the population respectively, followed by Scottish and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and far below the national average of 27.7%. This is consistent with the fact that 80% of people in Needles were born in Australia.
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 Needles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60447/needles/topic/ancestry-heritage