7.8% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tomago · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tomago
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Overseas birth rates have dropped significantly in Tomago, with the share of people born abroad falling by 5.6 percentage points since 2011. This area is now far more likely to be born in Australia than the typical person in New South Wales or across the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are English at 37.2% and Australian at 33.5%, followed by Scottish, Irish, and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (71.0%), with small numbers from England and New Zealand.
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 Tomago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122133/tomago/topic/ancestry-heritage