7.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Runnymede · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 91% of people in Runnymede were born in Australia, making it a community with very few overseas-born residents. Most people here identify with English or Australian roots, reflecting a strong tie to these ancestral origins.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 53.2%, followed by Australian at 36.4%. Other notable roots include Irish at 10.4%, Scottish at 9.1%, and German at 3.9%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.8% of the population was born overseas, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the Tasmanian average of 15.4% and far below the national figure of 27.7%.
7.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Runnymede [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60580/runnymede/topic/ancestry-heritage