6.6% ▲ +125.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dundee · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dundee
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6.6% of people in Dundee were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes it a community with very few overseas-born residents, where the vast majority of people were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 41.4% and 43.4% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish heritage are also prominent, accounting for 13.8% and 13.2% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 6.6% compared to 29.3% for New South Wales. About 90.1% of people were born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.3%.
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 Dundee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11317/dundee/topic/ancestry-heritage