8.3% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dalton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dalton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong ties to British roots define the community in Dalton, where nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry. Most people here were born in Australia, contributing to a local identity that is far less diverse in birthplace than the wider state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 46.5% and 42.2% of the population respectively. Irish ancestry is also notable at 15.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.3% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3%. The vast majority of residents are born in Australia (83.0%), with England as the most frequent overseas birthplace at 2.2%.
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 Dalton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11195/dalton/topic/ancestry-heritage