15.9% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tannum Sands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tannum Sands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Tannum Sands than in most similar areas. Despite this, 80.4% of the population was born in Australia, and the community's heritage is overwhelmingly British and Irish.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 42.7% and 40.2% of residents respectively. Scottish, Irish and German heritage are also prominent throughout the area.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the 15.9% overseas-born rate is higher than in most similar areas, it is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and far below the national 27.7%. New Zealand is the most common birthplace outside Australia, at 4.7%.
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 Tannum Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32742/tannum-sands/topic/ancestry-heritage