41.3% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dover Heights · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dover Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for the 20.2% of people in Dover Heights who claim it. This small suburb has a very high proportion of residents born overseas, with 41.3% moving here from another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (20.2%) and Australian (19.5%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish (6.0%), Chinese (5.6%) and Greek (4.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 41.3% of residents born overseas is far above the national figure of 27.7%. While 55.7% were born in Australia, South Africa is the most common overseas birthplace at 14.3%.
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 Dover Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11286/dover-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage