8.9% ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dorset · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dorset
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Dorset than in most other similar areas. About 8.9% of residents grew up outside Australia, a figure that is well below the Tasmania average. The area is dominated by those with English and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are almost equal here, each representing around 45% of the population. Scottish and Irish roots follow at 9.1% and 8.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. While this is much lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents did rise by 1.4 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 Dorset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA61810/dorset/topic/ancestry-heritage