27.5% ▲ +94.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Newnham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Newnham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Newnham than in the rest of Tasmania, with 27.5% of residents arriving from another country. This makes the area much more diverse than other similar places, bringing its figures almost exactly in line with the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 35.3% and 33.8% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish, Scottish and Chinese.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 67.4% of people were born in Australia, this area has a much higher share of overseas-born residents than the state average. Nepal is the most common birthplace outside Australia, accounting for 5.2% of the population.
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 Newnham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60452/newnham/topic/ancestry-heritage