18.4% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Simpsons Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Simpsons Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Simpsons Bay, where 51.0% of people claim those roots. This small community shows a strong connection to British and Irish heritage while welcoming a larger share of overseas-born residents than other similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half the population identifies as English, followed by Australian at 38.8% and Irish at 30.6%. Scottish (22.4%) and German (10.2%) ancestries are also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.4% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Tasmanian figure of 15.4%. However, this is well below the national figure of 27.7%, with 67.3% of residents born in Australia.
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 Simpsons Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60602/simpsons-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage