11.3% ▲ +54.3%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
George Town · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in George Town
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle of similar areas for its mix of backgrounds, George Town is a place where nearly half of the residents claim English ancestry. The community is largely Australian-born, though the proportion of people from overseas has grown over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 46.3% and 44.5% of the population respectively. Other notable groups include Scottish at 9.4% and Irish at 8.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below the Tasmanian average. This figure has risen 4.0 percentage points since 2011, with 82.1% of people born in Australia and 4.4% in England.
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 George Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615008/george-town/topic/ancestry-heritage