16.1% ▲ +129.4%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tolga · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tolga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Tolga than in the rest of the country, with only 16.1% born abroad. While the area remains predominantly Australian and British in heritage, the proportion of residents born overseas has more than doubled since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The strongest ancestral ties in the area are to Australia (36.3%) and England (35.6%), followed by Irish, Scottish, and Italian heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.1% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (75.0%), though New Zealand and England are the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Tolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321106/tolga/topic/ancestry-heritage