16.9% ▲ +88.5%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tea Gardens · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tea Gardens
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Tea Gardens, where over half the residents claim this heritage. The area has seen a notable increase in people born overseas, though the overall proportion remains much lower than the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people identify as English (50.7%) or Australian (36.9%), with Irish and Scottish backgrounds also appearing in over 13% of residents each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas rose 7.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 16.9%, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas despite being far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%.
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 Tea Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115133/tea-gardens/topic/ancestry-heritage