5.1% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tenandra · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 5.1% of people in Tenandra were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a population rooted deeply in English and Australian heritage.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 48.7% and 42.3% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also frequent, at 20.5% and 14.1%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 5.1%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the Australian average of 27.7%, with 92.3% of residents born in Australia.
5.1% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Tenandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13803/tenandra/topic/ancestry-heritage