11.8% ▲ +46.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Strahan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Strahan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few changes have occurred in the ancestral roots of Strahan over the last decade. The community remains predominantly of English and Australian descent, while the proportion of people born overseas stays far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (39.5%) and Australian (38.5%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Irish at 12.3% and Scottish at 9.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.8% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the 15.4% seen across Tasmania and far below the Australian average of 27.7%. While 76.2% were born in Australia, other common birthplaces include England (2.6%) and Nepal (1.9%).
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 Strahan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60646/strahan/topic/ancestry-heritage