15.9% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tweed · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tweed
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 15.9% of people in Tweed were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This a community with deep local roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.2%, followed by Australian at 36.8% and Irish at 13.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Tweed's overseas-born population is much lower than most areas, sitting at 15.9% compared to 27.7% across Australia. This figure has barely changed since 2011, with most residents born in Australia (77.7%) or England (4.8%).
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 Tweed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10084/tweed/topic/ancestry-heritage