9.0% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Underwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Underwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Underwood than in most other similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very small proportion of the population arriving from abroad.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is very common here at 42.2%, following Australian ancestry at 47.8%. Scottish, Irish and German roots also make up a notable part of the local family history.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.0% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and far below the national average of 27.7%. About 80.8% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Underwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60703/underwood/topic/ancestry-heritage