Editing Tasmania (section)

==Demography==
{{redirect|Tasmanian people|the original inhabitants of Tasmania|#Aboriginal people|and|Aboriginal Tasmanians}}
[[File:ABS-3101.0-AustralianDemographicStatistics-EstimatedResidentPopulationStatesTerritories-EstimatedResidentPopulation-Persons-Tasmania-A2060848V.svg|thumb|right|Estimated resident population since 1981]]

The population of Tasmania is the most homogeneous of any Australian state, being mostly of [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] (primarily [[English people|English]]) descent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tasmania &#124; History, Capital, Map, Climate, & Facts &#124; Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Tasmania|access-date=10 January 2022|website=www.britannica.com|language=en|archive-date=28 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528191439/https://www.britannica.com/place/Tasmania|url-status=live}}</ref>

Until 2012, Tasmania was the only state in Australia with an above-replacement [[total fertility rate]]; Tasmanian women had an average of 2.24 children each.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.theage.com.au/national/australia-had-baby-boom-in-2007-abs-20081028-5ag2.html|title=Australia had baby boom in 2007: ABS|work=The Age|location=Australia|access-date=2 April 2010|archive-date=13 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013022237/http://news.theage.com.au/national/australia-had-baby-boom-in-2007-abs-20081028-5ag2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> By 2012 the birth rate had slipped to 2.1 children per woman, bringing the state to the replacement threshold, but it continues to have the second-highest birth rate of any state or territory (behind the Northern Territory).<ref>{{cite news|title=Birth-rate slump in Tasmania linked with tough economic times for families|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/birth-rate-slump-in-tasmania-linked-with-tough-economic-times-for-families/story-fnj4f7k1-1226752410226|access-date=31 March 2014|newspaper=The Mercury|date=4 November 2013|archive-date=31 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331103234/http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/birth-rate-slump-in-tasmania-linked-with-tough-economic-times-for-families/story-fnj4f7k1-1226752410226|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Major population centres include [[Hobart]], [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]], [[Devonport, Tasmania|Devonport]], [[Burnie, Tasmania|Burnie]], and [[Ulverstone, Tasmania|Ulverstone]]. [[Kingston, Tasmania|Kingston]] is often defined as a separate city but is generally regarded as part of the Greater Hobart Area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/kingston-tas|title=Kingston, TAS|website=Aussie Towns|language=en-US|access-date=28 May 2019|archive-date=28 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528004405/https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/kingston-tas|url-status=live}}</ref>

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{| class="table" style="text-align:center; margin-right:10px; font-size:90%"
! colspan="7" style="background:#e9e9e9; padding:0.3em;" 0; line-height:1.2em;|Cities and towns by population<ref>{{cite web |title=Largest cities by population in Tasmania |url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=f&sc=lg&st=6&cmd=sp |website=Bonzle |access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906010929/http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=f&sc=lg&st=6&cmd=sp |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!rowspan=21|
[[File:Franklin Wharf Hobart 20171120-031.jpg|frameless|upright=0.7]]<br /><small>[[Hobart]]</small><br />
[[File:Launceston busy downtown.jpg|frameless|upright=0.7]]<br /><small>[[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]]</small><br />
[[File:Devonport, TAS.JPG|frameless|upright=0.7]]<br /><small>[[Devonport, Tasmania|Devonport]]</small><br />
! style="text-align:center; background:#f5f5f5;"| <small>#</small>
! style="text-align:left; background:#f5f5f5;"| [[List of places in Tasmania by population|Settlement]]
! style="text-align:center; background:#f5f5f5;"| Population
! style="text-align:center; background:#f5f5f5;"| Metro <br /> population
!rowspan=21|
[[File:Dawn-Princess-Burnie-20131216-002.jpg|frameless|upright=0.7]]<br /><small>[[Burnie, Tasmania|Burnie]]</small><br />
[[File:Leven-River-Bridge-Ulverstone-20070420-023.jpg|frameless|upright=0.7]]<br /><small>[[Ulverstone, Tasmania|Ulverstone]]</small><br />
[[File:Sorell BerryFarm.JPG|frameless|upright=0.7]]<br /><small>[[Sorell, Tasmania|Sorell]]</small>

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| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 1 ||align=left | '''[[Hobart]]'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Hobart Population 2021 |url=https://www.population.net.au/hobart-population/ |website=Population Australia |access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906010932/https://www.population.net.au/hobart-population/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || 178,009 || 252,669 ||
|-
| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 2 ||align=left | '''[[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]]''' || 68,813 || 110,472 ||
|-
| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 3 ||align=left | '''[[Devonport, Tasmania|Devonport-Latrobe]] ''' || 30,297 || 
|-
| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 4 ||align=left | '''[[Burnie, Tasmania|Burnie-Somerset]]''' || 19,385
|-|-
| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 5 ||align=left | '''[[Ulverstone, Tasmania|Ulverstone]] ''' || 14,490 ||
|-
| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 6 ||align=left | '''[[Sorell, Tasmania|Sorell-Dodges Ferry]]''' || 14,400 ||
|-
| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 7 ||align=left | '''[[Kingston, Tasmania|Kingston]] '''|| 10,409 ||
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| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 8 ||align=left | '''[[George Town, Tasmania|George Town]]''' || 7,117 ||
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| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 9 ||align=left | '''[[Wynyard, Tasmania|Wynyard]]''' || 5,990
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| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 10 ||align=left | '''[[New Norfolk]]''' || 5,834
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| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 11 ||align=left | '''[[Smithton, Tasmania|Smithton]]''' || 3,881 ||
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| style="background:#f0f0f0"| 12 ||align=left | '''[[Penguin, Tasmania|Penguin]]''' || 3,849 ||
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name !! Population
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| [[Hobart|Greater Hobart]] || 226,884<ref name="ABSCapitalPop2" />
|-
| [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] || 86,404<ref name=ABSSUA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2016–17: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2007 to 2017|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02016-17|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=24 April 2018|access-date=12 October 2018|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012134910/http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02016-17|url-status=live}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017.</ref>
|-
| [[Devonport, Tasmania|Devonport]] || 30,044<ref name=ABSSUA/>
|-
| [[Burnie, Tasmania|Burnie]] || 26,978<ref name=ABSSUA/>
|-
| [[Ulverstone, Tasmania|Ulverstone]] || 14,424<ref name=ABSSUA/>
|}
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===Ancestry and immigration===
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right;"
|+ Country of Birth (2021)<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/6|title=2021 Census Community Profiles: Tasmania|website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au|access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="censusdata.abs.gov.au">{{cite web|title=Census 2016|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/CensusOutput/copsub2016.NSF/All%20docs%20by%20catNo/2016~Community%20Profile~6/$File/GCP_6.zip?OpenElement|access-date=26 June 2020|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111183820/https://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/CensusOutput/copsub2016.NSF/All%20docs%20by%20catNo/2016~Community%20Profile~6/$File/GCP_6.zip?OpenElement|url-status=live}}</ref>
! Birthplace{{refn|group="N"|In accordance with the Australian Bureau of Statistics source, England, Scotland, Mainland China and the Special Administrative Regions of [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] are listed separately}} !! Population
|-
| Australia || 440,818
|-
| England || 19,283 <!-- England and Scotland are listed separately as per the source. Do not combine -->
|-
| [[Mainland China]] || 6,830 <!-- Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau SARs are listed separately as per the source. Do not combine -->
|-
| Nepal || 6,219
|-
| India || 6,137
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| New Zealand || 5,483
|-
| Philippines || 2,441
|-
| Scotland || 2,280
|- 
| Netherlands || 2,136
|-
| South Africa || 2,089
|-
| Germany || 2,087
|-
| United States || 2,056
|}

At the 2016 census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were:{{refn|group="N"|As a percentage of 475,884 persons who nominated their ancestry at the 2016 census.}}<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au"/><ref name="censusdata.abs.gov.au"/> <!-- Only ancestries with >1% are listed. Do not use the QuickStats data from ABS for ancestries. Use the full ancestry data series (eg from ABS Community Profiles series) as the QuickStats data shows each ancestry as a percentage of all ancestry responses (where each person can list up to two, thus a far greater number than the total population) while the full data series in the ABS Community Profiles show the percentage of people nominating a given ancestry as a percentage of the population who nominated an ancestry -->
{{columns-list|colwidth=13em|
* [[English Australians|English]] (47.7%)
* [[Australians|Australian]] (46.3%){{refn|group="N"|The Australian Bureau of Statistics has stated that most who nominate "Australian" as their ancestry are part of the [[Anglo-Celtic Australian|Anglo-Celtic]] group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/49f609c83cf34d69ca2569de0025c182!OpenDocument|title=Feature Article – Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Australia (Feature Article)|website=www.abs.gov.au|date=January 1995|access-date=22 June 2019|archive-date=20 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420205113/http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/49f609c83cf34d69ca2569de0025c182%21OpenDocument|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
* [[Irish Australians|Irish]] (11.7%)
* [[Scottish Australians|Scottish]] (10%)
* [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] (4.6%){{refn|group="N"|Of any ancestry. Includes those identifying as [[Aboriginal Australians]] or [[Torres Strait Islanders]]. Indigenous identification is separate to the ancestry question on the Australian Census and persons identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander may identify any ancestry.}}
* [[German Australians|German]] (3.9%)
* [[Dutch Australians|Dutch]] (2.2%)
* [[Italian Australians|Italian]] (1.5%)
* [[Chinese Australians|Chinese]] (1.5%)
}}

19.3% of the population was born overseas at the 2016 census. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from England (3.7%), New Zealand (1%), [[Mainland China]] (0.6%), Scotland (0.4%) and the Netherlands (0.4%).<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au"/><ref name="censusdata.abs.gov.au"/>

4.6% of the population, or 23,572 people, identified as [[Indigenous Australians]] ([[Aboriginal Australians]] and [[Torres Strait Islanders]]) in 2016.{{refn|group="N"|Of any ancestry. Includes those identifying as [[Aboriginal Australians]] or [[Torres Strait Islanders]]. Indigenous identification is separate to the ancestry question on the Australian Census and persons identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander may identify any ancestry.}}<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au"/><ref name="censusdata.abs.gov.au"/>

===Language===
At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, 86.1% of inhabitants spoke only English at home, with the next most common languages being [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] (1.5%), [[Nepali language|Nepali]] (1.3%), [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] (0.5%) and Spanish (0.3%).<ref name="census2021">{{cite web |title=Snapshot of Tasmania |date=28 June 2022 |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/snapshot-tas-2021 |access-date=16 July 2022 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716161203/https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/snapshot-tas-2021#:~:text=In%20the%202021%20Census%2C%20the,city%20area%20of%20Greater%20Hobart}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
{{Pie chart
|caption = Religious Affiliation (2021)
|label1 = [[Christianity]] |value1 = 38.4 |color1 = DodgerBlue
|label2 = [[Irreligion in Australia|No Religion]] |value2 = 50.0 |color2 = Grey
|label3 = [[Hinduism]] |value3 = 1.7 |color3 = Orange
|label4 = [[Buddhism]] |value4 = 1.0 |color4 = Yellow
|label5 = Islam |value5 = 0.9 |color5 = Green
|label6 = Other/Unspecified |value6 = 8.0 |color6 = Black
}}

In 2021, 50.0% of people in Tasmania reported having no religious affiliation, a substantial increase from 38.2% in 2016 and just 5.1% in 1971. Meanwhile, Christianity remained the largest religious affiliation in the state, with 38.4% identifying as Christian, though this proportion has steadily declined over time—from 88.7% in 1971 to 49.7% in 2016.<ref name="census2021"/>

Non-Christian religions accounted for 4.5% of the population in 2021, with Hinduism (1.7%), Buddhism (1.0%), and Islam (0.9%) being the most prevalent among them.<ref name="census2021"/><ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au"/><ref name="censusdata.abs.gov.au"/>