14.0% ▲ +51.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tirroan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tirroan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong tradition of Australian and English roots continues to shape Tirroan, where 82% of residents claim one of these two ancestries. While the area remains predominantly Australian-born, it has a slightly higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.3% and 36.7% of the population. Other notable roots include German at 9.3% and Irish at 8.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Around 14% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and far below the national average of 27.7%.
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 Tirroan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32836/tirroan/topic/ancestry-heritage