6.9% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Darnum · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Darnum
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6.9% of people in Darnum were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much more Australian-born than most other parts of the state. While ancestry remains diverse, the vast majority of residents were born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as Australian (46.6%) or English (45.1%). Other common ancestral roots include Scottish (10.3%), Irish (9.9%) and German (5.0%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (85.1%), followed by England (2.0%) and New Zealand (1.1%).
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 Darnum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20715/darnum/topic/ancestry-heritage