8.4% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Taree · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Taree
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional roots shapes Taree, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia. This is a place with very few overseas-born residents, though this has grown slightly in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 42.3% and 41.0% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish and German roots also feature in the local family histories.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.4% of people in Taree were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. While this is much lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose 1.2 percentage points since 2011.
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 Taree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108051169/taree/topic/ancestry-heritage