3.6% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Darlington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Darlington, making it much less diverse than most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with the vast majority of residents claiming English, Australian, or Scottish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 36.9% and 33.3% of residents. Scottish ancestry is also prominent at 14.3%, while German ancestry represents 7.1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This explains why 71.4% of the population was 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 Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20714/darlington/topic/ancestry-heritage