14.2% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dobell · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dobell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shrinking share of overseas-born residents has defined Dobell over the last decade, with the proportion of people born abroad falling 6.6 percentage points since 2011. Now, 80.7% of people were born in Australia, and the area is far less diverse in its birthplaces than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim English (42.1%) or Australian (41.3%) ancestry, followed by Irish (11.5%) and Scottish (10.0%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.2% of people were born overseas, which is much lower than most areas and far below the national figure of 27.7%. Aside from Australia, the most common birthplaces are England (3.8%) and New Zealand (1.6%).
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 Dobell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED112/dobell/topic/ancestry-heritage