8.9% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tocumwal · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tocumwal
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Tocumwal, where 42.6% of residents claim these roots. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents, meaning the vast majority of people were born right here in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond English roots, many locals identify as Australian (39.7%), Irish (14.3%), or Scottish (11.7%). A smaller group of residents, about 4%, claim German ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of people in Tocumwal were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents (80.9%) were born in Australia, while the most common overseas birthplaces are England and New Zealand.
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 Tocumwal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13903/tocumwal/topic/ancestry-heritage