10.8% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots dominate daily life in Darlington, where nearly 91% of residents claim one or both as their ancestry. This heritage is reflected in a local population that is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48.1%, followed closely by Australian at 42.9%. Other notable roots include Irish (9.0%), Scottish (7.1%), and German (6.1%).
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.8% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (85.2%), while the Philippines is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.6%.
10.8% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11214/darlington/topic/ancestry-heritage