12.6% ▲ +60.4%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tomakin · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Tomakin than in most similar areas. While 80% of the population was born in Australia, the number of overseas-born residents rose by 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 44.9% and 41.8% of the population respectively. Irish ancestry is also notable at 13.3%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales (29.3%) and Australia (27.7%). England is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.6%.
12.6% ▲ +60.4%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Tomakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115140/tomakin/topic/ancestry-heritage