4.4% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pontville · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pontville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.4% of people in Pontville were born overseas, a figure far below the national and state averages. This makes the area much more likely to be born in Australia than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 45.2% and 47.3% of residents respectively. Irish, Scottish and German heritage are also seen in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 94.1% of residents born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born people is far below the 15.4% seen in Tasmania and the 27.7% national figure. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.1%.
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 Pontville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60511/pontville/topic/ancestry-heritage