22.7% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Denmark · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Denmark
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common root for people in Denmark, where 48.1% of residents claim this heritage. The community has a strong British and Australian heritage, with the vast majority of people tracing their family origins to these regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the leading ancestry at 48.1%, followed by Australian at 35.5%. Other common family roots include Scottish (11.7%), Irish (11.3%) and German (4.8%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 22.7% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is well below the state (32.2%) and national (27.7%) figures, and it has fallen 1.3 percentage points since 2011.
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 Denmark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52730/denmark/topic/ancestry-heritage