7.2% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wesley Vale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wesley Vale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wesley Vale than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a heritage rooted deeply in British and Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry, with English, Irish, and Scottish backgrounds also making up a large part of the community's heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.2% of people here were born overseas, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and far below the national average of 27.7%. Australia is the birthplace for 84.5% of the population.
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 Wesley Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60730/wesley-vale/topic/ancestry-heritage