24.4% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Taroona · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Taroona
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Taroona than in most similar areas. While 24.4% of residents arrived from another country, the community remains rooted in traditional ties, with the vast majority claiming English, Australian or Scottish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 46.2%, followed by Australian (33.4%), Scottish (14.7%) and Irish (14.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly one quarter of residents were born overseas, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 15.4%, though it remains well below the national average. Most people were born in Australia (73.0%), with England (6.4%) and China (2.6%) being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Taroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60668/taroona/topic/ancestry-heritage