14.8% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dairymans Plains · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dairymans Plains
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 Dairymans Plains, where nearly 40% of people claim these roots. The area is mostly made up of people born in Australia, though a small number of residents have moved here from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, making up 39.9% and 36.6% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish, and German heritages also feature, accounting for 13.7%, 9.8% and 6.0% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14.8% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 27.7%. While 70.5% of the population was born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England and South Africa, each at 3.3%.
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 Dairymans Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11189/dairymans-plains/topic/ancestry-heritage