14.6% ▲ +50.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Prospect
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong British and Irish heritage defines daily life in Prospect, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common. While most residents were born here, about 14.6% of the population grew up overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are very prominent, each claimed by around 42% of residents. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 8.1% and 7.7%, with German ancestry at 3.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14.6% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Tasmanian figure. This is far below the national average of 27.7%, with 80.6% of the population 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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60524/prospect/topic/ancestry-heritage