11.7% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Norwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Norwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady mix of traditional roots defines Norwood (Tas.), where almost half of the population identifies as Australian and another 44.9% as English. This ancestral blend remains the dominant story for the area, with Scottish and Irish roots also appearing in about one in ten residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are almost equal in the area, followed by Scottish (10.3%) and Irish (9.1%) backgrounds. A smaller group of residents, 3.9%, identify as German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.7% of people here were born overseas, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 15.4% and far below the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (84.8%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.1%.
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 Norwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60464/norwood/topic/ancestry-heritage