21.4% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fern Tree · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fern Tree
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 Fern Tree (L), where nearly half of residents claim these roots. The area has a growing international presence, with the proportion of people born overseas rising significantly over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 49.1%, followed by Australian (36.8%), Irish (15.6%), and Scottish (13.8%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.4% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is well above the Tasmanian average but well below the national rate. This proportion has risen by 6.5 percentage points since 2011, with England being the most common birthplace outside Australia at 8.5%.
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 Fern Tree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621012/fern-tree/topic/ancestry-heritage