13.2% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pontypool · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pontypool
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Pontypool is a community where 13.2% of people were born overseas. Most residents identify with Australian or English ancestry, with the typical person tracing their roots back to these two groups.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Strongly traditional roots define the area, with 60.4% of people claiming Australian ancestry and 32.1% claiming English. Scottish ancestry is also present for 7.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people were born overseas here than across Australia, at 13.2%. This is also a little below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4%, with 88.7% of residents born in Australia.
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 Pontypool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60512/pontypool/topic/ancestry-heritage