16.1% ▲ +33.8%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bass (Windermere) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bass (Windermere)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Bass (Windermere) compared to the national average. While 16.1% of residents were born abroad, this is 12 percentage points below the Australian figure. The area remains dominated by traditional British and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 41.9% and 40.2% of the population respectively. Irish (8.7%) and Scottish (8.4%) roots are also prominent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of overseas-born residents rose 4.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 16.1%, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure. Most people here were born in Australia (76.9%), followed by England, Nepal, India and China.
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 Bass (Windermere) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60115/bass/topic/ancestry-heritage