20.1% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dickson · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dickson
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Dickson, where 42.1% of residents claim this background. This heritage, combined with a strong Australian and Irish presence, forms the primary identity of the area's population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English (42.1%) and Australian (38.2%), followed by Irish (12.3%) and Scottish (11.9%). German heritage is also listed by 6.3% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.1% of people here were born overseas, a figure that rose 1.9 percentage points since 2011. This is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national average, with the most common overseas births being from England (4.4%) and New Zealand (3.9%).
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 Dickson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED307/dickson/topic/ancestry-heritage