10.2% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
South Arm · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in South Arm
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Typical of many coastal spots, South Arm has a population that is far less diverse than the national average. While English and Australian ancestries dominate, only 10.2% of residents were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 47.8% and 41.8% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Irish and Scottish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people were born overseas here than in the rest of Australia, at 10.2%. This is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4%, with 84.5% 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 South Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60611/south-arm/topic/ancestry-heritage