29.2% ▲ +167.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tooleybuc · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An 18 percentage point jump in overseas births since 2011 has shifted the makeup of Tooleybuc (L). Almost 30% of the population was born outside Australia, making this a more diverse community than it was a decade ago.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (27.5%) or English (26.3%) ancestry. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (12.7%), Chinese (9.3%) and Irish (7.2%).
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 29.2% of people were born overseas, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7% and among the highest for similar areas. While 61.4% were born in Australia, other common birthplaces include Nepal, China and the Philippines.
29.2% ▲ +167.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Tooleybuc [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122135/tooleybuc/topic/ancestry-heritage