4.7% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wivenhoe · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wivenhoe
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Wivenhoe compared to the rest of the country. While 27.7% of Australians were born abroad, only 4.7% of Wivenhoe residents were born outside Australia. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of the residents claim Australian ancestry (51.1%), followed by English (34.5%) and Irish (7.2%) roots. A smaller number of people identify as Scottish (3.8%) or Chinese (2.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and the national average. Most people here were born in Australia (72.3%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 2.1%.
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 Wivenhoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60762/wivenhoe/topic/ancestry-heritage