16.9% ▲ +86.3%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tamborine · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tamborine
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Tamborine (L) claim English ancestry, reflecting a strong British heritage. While the area remains predominantly Australian-born, the proportion of overseas-born residents has grown significantly over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 50.2% and Australian at 41%, followed by Scottish, Irish and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents now make up 16.9% of the population, a figure that rose 7.8 percentage points since 2011. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it is still far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Tamborine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321098/tamborine/topic/ancestry-heritage