10.1% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burnie - Somerset · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burnie - Somerset
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common roots for people in Burnie - Somerset, with 45.2% and 43.5% respectively. This heritage is reflected in the local population, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English roots are the most frequent, followed by Irish (9.5%), Scottish (9.0%), and German (3.2%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.1% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below Tasmania's 15.4%. This figure has risen slightly by 1.8 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (84.4%), England (2.5%), and New Zealand (0.9%).
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 Burnie - Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL612001/burnie-somerset/topic/ancestry-heritage