6.8% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Tom · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 6.8% of people in Mount Tom were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other parts of the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The community has strong roots in British and European heritage, with Australian and English ancestries both at 34.1%, followed by German at 22.7%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, making up 88.6% of the population. This is far below the 22.7% of people born overseas in Queensland and the 27.7% national figure.
6.8% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Tom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32031/mount-tom/topic/ancestry-heritage