11.3% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tanunda · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deep German roots shape the identity of Tanunda, where over a quarter of residents claim that heritage. This heritage is a defining feature of the town, which remains far more Australian-born than both the state and the nation.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian (39.3%) and English (38.3%) are the most common ancestries. These are followed by German at 28.6%, Scottish at 9.1%, and Irish at 7.5%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.3% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the South Australian (24.1%) and national (27.7%) averages. Most residents were born in Australia (85%), with the next most common birthplaces being England (4.4%) and New Zealand (1.0%).
11.3% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Tanunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41420/tanunda/topic/ancestry-heritage