3.0% ▼ -66.0%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ridgley · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ridgley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 3.0% of people in Ridgley were born overseas, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011. This small shift reinforces the area's strong ties to traditional roots, with most residents claiming Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is most common at 59.4%, followed by English at 38.9% and Irish at 9.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas is far below the Tasmanian and national figures, and it dropped from 8.8% in 2011 to 3.0% in 2021. Nearly 90% of the population was 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 Ridgley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622020/ridgley/topic/ancestry-heritage