10.7% ▲ +25.8%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tahmoor · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tahmoor
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Tahmoor than in the rest of the state or country. Only 10.7% of residents were born outside Australia, though this is a slight increase from previous years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The area has a strong British and Irish heritage, with 44.8% of people claiming Australian ancestry and 40.4% claiming English ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 10.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion rose 2.2 percentage points since 2011, with most residents born in Australia (85.3%) or England (2.9%).
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 Tahmoor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114032/tahmoor/topic/ancestry-heritage