10.2% ▲ +42.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sulphur Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sulphur Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Traditional roots run deep in Sulphur Creek, where nearly half of the people identify as Australian by ancestry. This heritage shapes a community with a very strong connection to its colonial past, as the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is very common here at 43.8%, alongside Irish (8.5%), Scottish (7.9%), and German (4.5%) roots. Together with those identifying as Australian (48.7%), these groups make up the bulk of the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.2% of people were born overseas, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 15.4% and far below the own national average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (85%), followed by England at 3.5% and New Zealand at 1.1%.
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 Sulphur Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60652/sulphur-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage