8.2% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tooborac · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tooborac
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional roots defines Tooborac, where nearly 80% of people were born in Australia. The area has a deeply English and Australian heritage, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.9%, followed by Australian at 33.5% and Irish at 15.7%. Scottish and Italian roots are also present in about 12% and 11% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (79.6%), with small numbers from Italy and England.
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 Tooborac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22533/tooborac/topic/ancestry-heritage