5.3% ▲ +33.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tomingley · Suburb / Locality
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 Tomingley, where 36.8% of people claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 36.8% and 33.3% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also common, at 12.3% and 12.0%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia, accounting for 73.1% of residents.
5.3% ▲ +33.6%
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 Tomingley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13914/tomingley/topic/ancestry-heritage