16.0% ▲ +83.2%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Low Head · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Low Head
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong British heritage shapes daily life in Low Head, where over half the population claims English ancestry. While most residents were born in Australia, the proportion of people born overseas has nearly doubled since 2011 to reach 16%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is most common here at 51.1%, followed by Australian (34.3%), Irish (11.8%), and Scottish (11.8%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 16.0% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and rose 7.3 percentage points since 2011. This figure is about the same as the Tasmania average, though far below the national figure 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 Low Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621017/low-head/topic/ancestry-heritage