11.5% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tanja · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tanja
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 11.5% of people in Tanja were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. This community is overwhelmingly of British and Irish heritage, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 43.7%, followed by Australian at 35.6%. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, making up 14.9% and 12.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people were born overseas here than in the rest of New South Wales or Australia, with a gap of 18 and 16 percentage points. About 79.9% of residents were born in Australia, while 2.3% came from 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 Tanja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13765/tanja/topic/ancestry-heritage