15.0% ▲ +106.7%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Swansea · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Swansea
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage for people in Swansea (L), where nearly half the population claims English roots. The area remains predominantly Australian-born, although the proportion of people from overseas has risen significantly in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is the most frequent, at 49.1%, followed by Australian at 37.3%. Scottish and Irish ancestry are also common, making up 13.1% and 11.3% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas now make up 15.0% of the population, a figure that has risen 7.8 percentage points since 2011. This is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Tasmanian figure, though it remains far 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 Swansea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621030/swansea/topic/ancestry-heritage