7.7% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tamworth · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tamworth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian is the most common ancestry for residents in Tamworth, where 43.9% of people claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia and has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common here at 39.5%, followed by Irish at 10.7% and Scottish at 9.8%. German ancestry accounts for 4.0% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.7% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and has fallen 8.1 points since 2011. Most people were born in Australia (84.6%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, the Philippines, New Zealand, and India.
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 Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10081/tamworth/topic/ancestry-heritage