12.0% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Neika · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Neika
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Neika, where 45.5% of residents claim this heritage. This area is largely made up of people born in Australia and those with British or Irish roots, making it much less diverse than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half the population identifies as English, followed by 39.0% who identify as Australian. Other common roots include Scottish at 16.5%, Irish at 16.0%, and German at 8.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.0% of people in Neika were born overseas, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and far below the own national average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (84.0%), while England (5.0%) and New Zealand (3.0%) are the next most common birthplaces.
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 Neika [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60448/neika/topic/ancestry-heritage