12.3% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Davistown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Davistown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 12.3% of people in Davistown were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong connection to British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, making up 46.6% and 42.6% of residents respectively. Other common roots include Irish at 14.5% and Scottish at 11.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (84%), followed by England at 4.9% and New Zealand at 1.7%.
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 Davistown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11223/davistown/topic/ancestry-heritage