19.7% ▲ +99.6%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Swan Point · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Swan Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Swan Point, where over half the population claims this background. The area has seen a notable shift in its makeup, with the proportion of people born overseas nearly doubling over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 52%, followed by Australian at 31%. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 14.7%, Scottish at 14%, and German at 5.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 19.7% of the population, a figure that has risen 9.8 percentage points since 2011. This is well above the Tasmania figure of 15.4%, but well 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 Swan Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622024/swan-point/topic/ancestry-heritage