12.3% ▲ +69.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Zeehan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Zeehan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift in ancestral roots has shaped Zeehan over the last decade, with the community now showing a strong mix of English and Australian heritage. Most people here were born in Australia, and the area's heritage remains deeply rooted in British Isles origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 42.5% and English at 38.0%. Other significant groups include Irish and Scottish, both at 8.2%, followed by German at 5.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.3% of people were born overseas, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 15.4% and far below the Australian rate of 27.7%. About 75.9% were born in Australia, while the next most common birthplaces are England at 3.2% and New Zealand at 1.4%.
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 Zeehan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60776/zeehan/topic/ancestry-heritage