6.5% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ravenswood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Ravenswood, where 46.3% of people claim this background. The area has a very strong connection to Australian and British roots, with few residents born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as English, while 43.2% identify as Australian. Irish (7.6%) and Scottish (6.8%) ancestries are also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below Tasmania's 15.4%. Most residents were born in Australia (83.8%), followed by England (1.8%).
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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60538/ravenswood/topic/ancestry-heritage