31.8% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyena · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyena
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people were born overseas in Wyena than in the rest of Tasmania. Around 31.8% of the population was born outside Australia, which is well above the national figure and far higher than the state average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries reported are English at 50% and Australian at 40.9%, followed by Italian and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 31.8% of residents born overseas, this figure is much higher than most similar areas and sits 16 points above the Tasmanian average.
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 Wyena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60768/wyena/topic/ancestry-heritage