9.6% ▲ +61.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tragowel · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong ties to British and Australian roots define the identity of Tragowel, where 79.5% of residents claim English or Australian ancestry. This heritage is reflected in a community where the vast majority of people were born in Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.4%, followed by Australian (36.1%) and Scottish (19.3%) roots. Irish and Dutch backgrounds are also present, making up 10.8% and 4.8% respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (68.7%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 7.2%.
9.6% ▲ +61.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Tragowel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22568/tragowel/topic/ancestry-heritage