17.4% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tuross · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift toward more diverse roots is evident in Tuross, where the share of people born overseas has risen since 2011. While English and Australian ancestries remain the most common, the area is now more internationally diverse than most similar places.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.5%, followed by Australian at 34.8% and Scottish at 21.7%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 17.4% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is far below the figures for New South Wales (29.3%) and Australia (27.7%).
17.4% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Tuross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13996/tuross/topic/ancestry-heritage