11.0% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dunoon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dunoon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost 75% of people in Dunoon were born in Australia, making it a community with very few overseas-born residents. This strong local presence is mirrored in the ancestry data, where Australian and English roots are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 43.1% and English at 40%. Other notable groups include Irish and Scottish ancestors, each making up over 13% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, England is the most frequent birthplace at 3.2%.
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 Dunoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11328/dunoon/topic/ancestry-heritage