18.4% ▼ -50.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tom Price · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tom Price
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A mix of local and international backgrounds shapes daily life in Tom Price, where 67.2% of residents were born in Australia. While the community remains predominantly Australian and English in its roots, the proportion of people born overseas has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 36.8% and 32.3% of the population. Irish, Scottish and German roots are also present in smaller numbers.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 18.4% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 27.7%. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when 37.5% of the community was born outside 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 Tom Price [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515033/tom-price/topic/ancestry-heritage