5.0% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sprent · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 5% of people in Sprent were born overseas, a figure far below the Tasmanian and national averages. This highlights a population with very deep local roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian ancestry at 50.6%, followed by English at 31.9%. Other common ancestral roots include Scottish, Irish, and German.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 5% compared to the national figure of 27.7%. Around 79.4% of the population was born in Australia.
5.0% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Sprent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60627/sprent/topic/ancestry-heritage