7.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Plenty · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Plenty
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.6% of people in Plenty were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia, and ancestral roots are predominantly British and Irish.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry (47.0%), followed closely by English ancestry at 42.4%. Other common roots include Italian (9.1%), Irish (7.6%), and Scottish (7.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is well below the Tasmania average and far below the Australian figure, with 92.4% of people born in Australia. Of those born overseas, England is the most common origin at 4.5%.
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 Plenty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60508/plenty/topic/ancestry-heritage