20.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Targa · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Targa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Targa than in most similar areas, with 20.5% of residents born outside Australia. This figure is well above the Tasmanian average, though it remains well below the national level. Most residents here trace their roots back to English and Australian ancestors.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 66.7%, followed by Australian at 35.9%. Other common backgrounds include Scottish, Irish, and German, each around 7.7% to 10.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About one in five people were born overseas, which is 5.1 percentage points higher than the Tasmanian figure. However, this is 7.2 percentage points lower than the Australian average.
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 Targa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60666/targa/topic/ancestry-heritage