8.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tongio · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tongio
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Tongio than in most similar areas. This is a place where a very high proportion of residents were born in Australia, with those who identify with other roots pointing mostly to English and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each claimed by 48.0% and 44.0% of residents. Other common roots include Irish, German, and Scottish heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.0% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. About 80.0% 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 Tongio [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22530/tongio/topic/ancestry-heritage