0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Westwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Westwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost no one in Westwood was born overseas, making it much less diverse than most similar areas. While the community has deep roots in England and Australia, it is far more home-grown than the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Half of residents claim English ancestry, followed by 27.3% who identify as Australian. Other common ancestries include Scottish (8.0%), Irish (6.8%), and Dutch (3.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in the area was born overseas, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and the national average of 27.7%. This is consistent with the fact that 92% 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 Westwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60747/westwood/topic/ancestry-heritage