10.0% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Toolleen · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Toolleen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10% of people in Toolleen were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly of European descent, with the vast majority claiming Australian, English, Irish, or Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify with British Isles heritage, with Australian (39.8%), English (35.7%), Irish (13.6%), and Scottish (10.0%) being the most common ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian (30.0%) and national (27.7%) figures. Most people here were born in Australia (72.4%), followed by England at 2.7% and Italy at 1.4%.
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 Toolleen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22538/toolleen/topic/ancestry-heritage