7.1% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tambo · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tambo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common identity in Tambo (L), representing 47.0% of the population. The community is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas. This creates a local profile that is far less diverse than the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 41.3%, Scottish at 13.8% and Irish at 12.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.1% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Queensland rate of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. This has barely changed since 2011 and is much lower than most other areas.
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 Tambo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322115/tambo/topic/ancestry-heritage