6.7% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
New Norfolk · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in New Norfolk
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in New Norfolk than in the rest of the country. Only 6.7% of residents were born abroad, which is a far lower figure than the 27.7% national average. This makes the town much more Australian-born than most other areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 47.4% and 45.4% of the population respectively. Other notable ancestries include Irish at 9.1% and Scottish at 7.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of overseas-born residents fell 3.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 6.7%. This is well below the Tasmania figure of 15.4%, with 86.1% of the local population born in Australia.
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 New Norfolk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL614002/new-norfolk/topic/ancestry-heritage