26.2% ▲ +41.9%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Franklin (Nelson) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Franklin (Nelson)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher proportion of people were born overseas in Franklin (Nelson) than in the rest of Tasmania. While 26.2% of residents were born abroad, this is more than 10 percentage points above the state figure. The area has a strong British heritage, though it is increasingly becoming more diverse.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.8%, followed by Australian at 33.9% and Irish at 11.1%. Chinese ancestry also represents a significant part of the community at 7.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population rose 7.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 26.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. Aside from the 70.9% born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are China at 5.3% and England at 4.9%.
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 Franklin (Nelson) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60410/franklin/topic/ancestry-heritage