11.4% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tarong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tarong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Tarong compared to the rest of the country. Only 11.4% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a community where the vast majority of people have local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, making up 43.0% and 38.3% of the population respectively. Other common ancestral links include Scottish, German, and Irish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The same trend is seen in birthplaces, where 71.0% of people were born in Australia. This overseas-born rate is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%, with England and New Zealand being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Tarong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32754/tarong/topic/ancestry-heritage