6.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tamban · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 46% of people in Tamban claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. This reflects a community with deep local roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the next most common ancestry at 40.4%, followed by Irish at 10.6% and Scottish at 7.4%. German ancestry is also present for 5.3% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most other areas, with 88.3% of people born in Australia.
6.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Tamban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13758/tamban/topic/ancestry-heritage