5.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Taunton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Taunton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Taunton than in most other areas. This sparsely populated place has a very high proportion of residents born in Australia, with British and Irish roots being the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 35.1%, followed by Australian at 31.6% and Irish at 15.8%. Scottish and German roots are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 70.2% of the population.
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 Taunton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32760/taunton/topic/ancestry-heritage