6.4% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tumby Bay · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tumby Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Tumby Bay than in most similar areas. This small coastal town is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very little change in its birthplace makeup over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 47.7% and 43.7% of the population respectively. Scottish, German, and Irish roots also feature in the own-reported backgrounds of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.4% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the South Australian (24.1%) and national (27.7%) rates. This has barely changed since 2011 and is much lower than most similar areas, with 86.1% of the population born in Australia.
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 Tumby Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415042/tumby-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage