10.6% ▲ +30.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tacoma · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tacoma
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly rooted traditions shape daily life in Tacoma, where 52.8% of residents claim Australian ancestry. This feeling of heritage is reinforced by a population that is far more likely to be born in Australia than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common here at 44.4%, while Scottish (9.4%) and Irish (8.3%) roots are also frequently reported.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.6% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the 29.3% seen across New South Wales. Most of the community was born in Australia (85.9%), followed by small numbers from New Zealand and England.
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 Tacoma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13739/tacoma/topic/ancestry-heritage