8.2% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Railton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Railton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.2% of people in Railton were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the locality much less diverse in birthplace than most other Australian areas. Most residents identify with English or Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 45.0% and 41.4% of the population respectively. Other common roots include Irish (10.3%) and Scottish (8.2%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born-overseas residents make up 8.2% of the population, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and far below the 27.7% seen across Australia. This proportion has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011, with 82.5% of people now born in 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 Railton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621020/railton/topic/ancestry-heritage