5.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Toolijooa · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Toolijooa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Toolijooa, where 38.8% of residents claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia and has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the second most common at 35.9%, followed by Irish (24.3%) and Scottish (17.5%) roots. A small number of residents also identify as Italian, at 3.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This means 90.3% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Toolijooa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13921/toolijooa/topic/ancestry-heritage