9.4% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tumbarumba · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Tumbarumba than in the rest of the state or country. Only 9.4% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This creates a community with very strong ties to traditional British and Irish roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people identify with Australian (43.1%), English (40.8%), Scottish (12.3%), or Irish (10.8%) ancestry. German ancestry is also common at 6.5%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen 7.8 percentage points since 2011. While 82.9% of people were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (2.6%) and New Zealand (1.1%).
9.4% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Tumbarumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115141/tumbarumba/topic/ancestry-heritage