12.1% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tongarra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tongarra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people in Tongarra now claim an Australian ancestry than in previous years. This local area remains predominantly Australian-born, with 84.4% of residents born here, while those born overseas make up only 12.1% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (38.3%) and English (36.9%), followed by Irish at 12.1%, Scottish at 11.3%, and Italian at 7.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Aside from Australia, the most common birthplaces are South Africa (4.3%) and England (2.1%).
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 Tongarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13918/tongarra/topic/ancestry-heritage