15.3% ▲ +34.8%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Toowoomba · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Toowoomba
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 Toowoomba, where 38.6% of people claim these roots. The area has a very strong connection to its Australian and British origins, though the proportion of people born overseas has grown to 15.3% over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, at 38.6% and 37.7%. Other common roots include Irish (12.6%), German (11.0%) and Scottish (10.8%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below Queensland's 22.7%. While this proportion has risen by 4 percentage points since 2011, the vast majority of people (79.8%) 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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31701/toowoomba/topic/ancestry-heritage