7.6% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Saltwater River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Saltwater River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Saltwater River compared to the rest of the country. Only 7.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a massive 20 percentage point gap below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 35.1%. Irish and Scottish ancestries each make up 11.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 83.2% of residents born in Australia, the overseas-born population is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4%. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 6.1%.
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 Saltwater River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60582/saltwater-river/topic/ancestry-heritage