9.7% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
South Arm · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in South Arm
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in South Arm (L), making up 48.3% of the population. Most residents identify as having English or Australian roots, while the area has a much smaller share of overseas-born people than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half the population claims English ancestry, followed by 40.1% who identify as Australian. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, at 14.5% and 12.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below Tasmania's 15.4%. This proportion has fallen by 5.5 percentage points since 2011, with 83.1% of residents 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 South Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621025/south-arm/topic/ancestry-heritage