12.7% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dalyston · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dalyston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots dominate the family trees of Dalyston, where a huge 87.9% of people claim one of these two ancestries. This creates a community with very strong ties to the British Isles, far outweighing other cultural backgrounds.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common at 44.4% and 43.5%, followed by Irish at 11.5% and Scottish at 10.2%. Italian ancestry is also present for 7.1% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population were born in Australia, at 80.1%.
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 Dalyston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20706/dalyston/topic/ancestry-heritage