11.8% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lyons (Rumney) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lyons (Rumney)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Lyons (Rumney), where 47% of people claim this background. This is a strongly Australian-born area with deep roots in British and Irish origins, and very few residents born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as English, followed closely by Australian at 43.6%. Irish and Scottish heritage are also common, making up 10.9% and 9.4% of the community respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below Tasmania's 15.4%. While this is much lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen slightly since 2011.
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 Lyons (Rumney) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60514/lyons/topic/ancestry-heritage