8.0% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Squeaking Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Squeaking Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Squeaking Point than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong heritage tied to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
About 49% of residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English (43.9%), Scottish (11.3%) and Irish (7.4%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8% of people were born overseas, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and far below the 27.7% national average. Most residents were born in Australia (85.2%), while England (4.5%) and New Zealand (2.4%) are the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Squeaking Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60631/squeaking-point/topic/ancestry-heritage