6.3% ▲ +67.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tambo · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tambo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional roots defines Tambo, where nearly half the people claim Australian ancestry. The town has a very small overseas-born population, with only 6.3% of residents born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common at 38.4%, followed by Scottish (13.5%) and Irish (12.6%) roots, while 49.4% of people identify as Australian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (88.7%), with England, India, and New Zealand as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Tambo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32730/tambo/topic/ancestry-heritage