19.8% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tarrawarra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tarrawarra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Tarrawarra, where 34.6% of residents claim this background. While many people here have roots in the UK and Ireland, the area has a much higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar places.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry follows closely behind at 32.1%, while 14.8% of people identify as Irish. Scottish and Chinese backgrounds are also present, making up 9.9% and 3.7% of the community respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.8% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is far below the Victoria figure of 30.0% and well below the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (69.1%), followed by England at 7.4%.
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 Tarrawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22457/tarrawarra/topic/ancestry-heritage