9.3% ▲ +62.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Smithton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Smithton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Smithton than in most similar areas. This is a community with deep local roots, where over 81% of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 44.8% and English at 39.5%. Irish, Scottish and German ancestries also feature in the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.3% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and far below the national average of 27.7%. Aside from Australia, the most common birthplaces are New Zealand, England, India and China.
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 Smithton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60606/smithton/topic/ancestry-heritage