18.8% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wiltshire · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wiltshire
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost one in five people in Wiltshire were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the community has a strong mix of Australian and English roots, it remains far less diverse than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 62.5% and 34.4% of the population. Other notable roots include Irish at 18.8% and Dutch at 12.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 18.8%, the proportion of overseas-born residents is well above the Tasmanian figure of 15.4%, though it is well below the Australian average of 27.7%.
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 Wiltshire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60757/wiltshire/topic/ancestry-heritage