9.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tarnook · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tarnook
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly British roots shape the identity of Tarnook, where English, Australian, Scottish and Irish ancestries make up the vast majority of the population. Most residents were born here at home, and very few people in the area were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 42.7%, followed by Australian at 32.0%. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, accounting for 16.5% and 14.6% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. About 75.7% of residents were born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 2.9%.
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 Tarnook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22452/tarnook/topic/ancestry-heritage