8.1% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Taree · Urban Area
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Taree compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.1% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the same figure for New South Wales and Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify as Australian (43%) or English (42%), followed by Scottish (9.6%) and Irish (9.3%) ancestry.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population has fallen by 4 percentage points since 2011, leaving Taree with one of the lowest shares of overseas-born residents in the region. Australia is the most common birthplace at 83.6%, with England the next most frequent at 2.1%.
8.1% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 92% of urban area areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Taree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1033/taree/topic/ancestry-heritage