23.1% ▲ +144.7%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Grindelwald · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Grindelwald
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people were born overseas in Grindelwald (L) than in other Tasmanian towns. While the typical resident identifies as English or Australian, the area has seen a significant shift in its makeup recently. Over 23% of the population now comes from abroad.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common, each making up about 41% of the population. Scottish, Irish, and Dutch roots follow as the next most frequent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has jumped by 14 percentage points since 2011 to reach 23.1%. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 15.4%, though it remains well below the national average of 27.7%.
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 Grindelwald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621015/grindelwald/topic/ancestry-heritage