19.4% ▲ +33.0%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Toowoomba South · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Toowoomba South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage for the 37% of people in Toowoomba South who identify with it. The area is predominantly Australian-born, though the proportion of people from overseas has risen to 19.4% over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 37% and 35% of the population. Irish, Scottish, and German heritages also feature strongly, accounting for 12.6%, 10.6% and 9.8% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.4% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national average of 27.7%. While this is lower than most areas, the number of overseas-born residents rose 4.8 percentage points since 2011, with India and England being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Toowoomba South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30087/toowoomba-south/topic/ancestry-heritage