5.5% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dungog · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dungog
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 Dungog, where 48.4% of people claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with a very small proportion of residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 44.7%, followed by Irish (11.6%), Scottish (10.5%), and German (4.9%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 5.5% of people in Dungog were born overseas, which is far below the 29.3% recorded across New South Wales. This figure has barely changed since 2011, and the vast majority of residents (89.0%) were 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 Dungog [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12700/dungog/topic/ancestry-heritage