5.4% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tumby Bay · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tumby Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly rooted European heritage shapes daily life in Tumby Bay, where nearly 90% of the population was born in Australia. The community is defined by deep ties to English and Australian ancestry, with very few residents born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 45% and 43.8% of the population respectively. Scottish, German, and Irish roots are also prominent, with Scottish ancestry accounting for 11.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national 27.7% and the state's 24.1%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, and 86.9% of the community were 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 Tumby Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47910/tumby-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage