3.6% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dungowan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dungowan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly traditional roots define the identity of Dungowan, where nearly 90% of residents were born in Australia. The area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state and country, with the vast majority of people tracing their heritage back to British and Irish ancestors.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian (51.4%) or English (46.2%) ancestry. Other common roots include Irish (12.8%), Scottish (7.9%), and German (3.3%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas, with 89.6% of the population born in Australia.
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 Dungowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11324/dungowan/topic/ancestry-heritage