13.4% ▲ +152.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rokeby · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rokeby
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian heritage dominate daily life in Rokeby, where over 80% of residents claim one of these two ancestries. This creates a strong traditional feel, though the community is complemented by a small but growing number of people born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (42.5%) and Australian (41.2%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish (8.8%), Scottish (7.1%) and German (2.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Around 13.4% of people were born overseas, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure and far below the national average. While 80.6% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India and Nepal, each 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 Rokeby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60564/rokeby/topic/ancestry-heritage