8.1% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Summerhill · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Summerhill compared to most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong heritage tied to English and Australian roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim English ancestry (48.7%), followed closely by Australian (44.3%) and Irish (9.7%) roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below the Tasmanian average of 15.4%. Most people here were born in Australia (88.1%).
8.1% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Summerhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60653/summerhill/topic/ancestry-heritage