36.7% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dharruk · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dharruk
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than one in three people in Dharruk were born overseas, creating a multicultural community where diverse backgrounds are common in daily life. This high level of international migration is reflected in the variety of ancestral roots found across the suburb.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 23.3% and 19.7% of the population. Other significant ancestral groups include Indian (4.8%), Irish (4.1%) and Filipino (4.0%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A high 36.7% of residents were born overseas, a figure well above both the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) averages. While 56.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are New Zealand, the Philippines 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 Dharruk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11250/dharruk/topic/ancestry-heritage