19.8% ▲ +115.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bicheno · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bicheno
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas arrivals has shaped daily life in Bicheno, where nearly 20% of residents were born abroad. This international mix is most visible in the town's birthplace data, while traditional British and Irish roots remain the most common ancestral links.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, accounting for 43.7% and 33.8% of the population respectively, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.8% of people were born overseas, a figure that has risen 11 percentage points since 2011. This is well above the Tasmanian average, though well below the national figure, with Nepal and England as the most common birthplaces outside 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 Bicheno [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621002/bicheno/topic/ancestry-heritage