46.3% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dundas Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dundas Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than four in ten people now live in Dundas Valley having been born overseas, a figure that has climbed since 2011. This makes the area far more diverse than the national average, with Chinese and Australian ancestry now being the most common roots for residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 27.5%, followed by Australian at 16.6% and English at 14.7%. Irish and Italian roots also feature, accounting for 4.9% and 4.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly half the population—46.3%—was born overseas, which is far above the 27.7% national figure. This high level of overseas birth is reflected in the data, with China being the most common birthplace outside Australia at 13.7%.
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 Dundas Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11316/dundas-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage