41.8% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dawes Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dawes Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common in Dawes Point, where 35.3% of residents claim these roots. This small area is far more diverse than the national average, with a huge proportion of the population born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, and Scottish are the most common ancestries here, with 35.3%, 16.6% and 14.0% respectively. Irish and Chinese ancestries are also prominent, accounting for 10.1% and 8.1% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Forty-one point eight percent of people were born overseas, a figure that is far above the national average of 27.7%. While 56.9% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, China, New Zealand and India.
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 Dawes Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11224/dawes-point/topic/ancestry-heritage