7.9% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tenterfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tenterfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Tenterfield compared to the rest of the state. Only 7.9% of the population was born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a community with very strong ties to traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common here, making up 43.8% and 39.0% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 15.6% and 12.1% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, at 83.7%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% for those born overseas, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 2.2%.
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 Tenterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13807/tenterfield/topic/ancestry-heritage