10.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tamrookum · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tamrookum
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common roots for people in Tamrookum, with nearly half the population claiming Australian descent. This community has a very strong connection to its traditional roots, as the vast majority of residents were born here in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the population identifies as Australian (46.8%) or English (44.7%), while about one in five residents has Irish ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (88.3%), followed by small groups from England, India and New Zealand.
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 Tamrookum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32733/tamrookum/topic/ancestry-heritage