7.5% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Delegate · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Delegate
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.5% of people in Delegate were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community with very deep local roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People in Delegate most commonly identify as Australian (43.4%) or English (38.6%), with Irish and Scottish ancestry also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born-overseas residents make up just 7.5% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (83.1%), while the Philippines is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.0%.
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 Delegate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11235/delegate/topic/ancestry-heritage