10.8% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dartmouth · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dartmouth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deep roots in British and Irish heritage shape the daily life of Dartmouth, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common. This local identity is reflected in the birthplaces of residents, as the area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born people than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 34.6%, followed by Australian at 26.9% and Irish at 11.5%. German and Scottish roots are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.8% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national average. Most people here were born in Australia (66.2%), with England as the next most common birthplace at 3.8%.
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 Dartmouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20719/dartmouth/topic/ancestry-heritage