18.1% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
West Kentish · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in West Kentish
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 18% of people in West Kentish were born overseas, a figure higher than most similar areas. English and Australian are the most common ancestries, which reflects a population with strong British Isles roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.6%, followed by Australian at 35.0%. Other significant groups include Irish (15.6%), Scottish (11.3%) and Dutch (6.3%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 18.1% of the population, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% but well below the own national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (74.4%), with England (9.4%) and New Zealand (4.4%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 West Kentish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60733/west-kentish/topic/ancestry-heritage