21.4% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woodbridge · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woodbridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of residents born overseas now live in Woodbridge, which sees 21.4% of people born outside Australia. This figure is well above the Tasmanian average, though it remains well below the national rate.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 49.0%, followed by Australian at 38.2% and Scottish at 19.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 74.4% of people were born in Australia, the 21.4% born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 9.9%, followed by New Zealand at 3.3%.
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 Woodbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60763/woodbridge/topic/ancestry-heritage