4.0% ▲ +146.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Taroom · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Taroom
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Taroom compared to most other areas. This is a community with deep local roots, where 88% of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 48.8% and English at 39.4%. Other notable ancestral groups include Scottish, German, and Irish, who each make up around 7% to 8% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are New Zealand, England, the Philippines, and South Africa.
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 Taroom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32755/taroom/topic/ancestry-heritage