10.4% ▲ +82.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dubbo · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dubbo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small slice of the population was born overseas, making Dubbo's profile more similar to other regional hubs than to the state average. While only 10.4% of residents were born outside Australia, strong roots in English, Irish, and Scottish heritage remain a dominant feature of the area's identity.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 40.3% and 36.2% of the population. Irish (10.8%) and Scottish (8.3%) roots also feature prominently here.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.4% of people in Dubbo were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (81.2%), followed by small numbers from India, Nepal and England.
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 Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11299/dubbo/topic/ancestry-heritage