12.1% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Prospect Vale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Prospect Vale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About the same as other similar areas, Prospect Vale is a community with deep roots in Australia and the UK. Most residents identify as English or Australian, and the area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.5% and 43.7% of the population. Other notable groups include Irish at 10.2% and Scottish at 9.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.1% of people were born overseas, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and far below the Australian average of 27.7%. Most of these residents were born in Australia (83.8%) or England (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 Prospect Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60525/prospect-vale/topic/ancestry-heritage