10.9% ▲ +54.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Northdown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Northdown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong English and Australian heritage defines Northdown, where more than half of the residents claim English ancestry. The area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country, with 83.8% of the population born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 50.6% and 47.9% of the population respectively, followed by Scottish at 14.7% and Irish at 8.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below the Tasmanian average. While most residents were born in Australia, England is the most common overseas birthplace at 6%.
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 Northdown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60463/northdown/topic/ancestry-heritage