28.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Taroon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Taroon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people were born overseas in Taroon compared to most similar areas. While 28.0% of residents were born abroad, the local population remains strongly rooted in traditional backgrounds, with three quarters claiming Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is most common at 76.0%, followed by English at 36.0%. German, Scottish, and Dutch ancestries are also prominent, each held by 12.0% to 16.0% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 28.0% of people here were born overseas, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and about the same as the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Taroon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22453/taroon/topic/ancestry-heritage