3.0% ▼ -40.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dean · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dean
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 3% of people in Dean were born overseas, making it a community with very few international arrivals compared to the rest of the country. This tiny overseas-born population is far below the national figure, with the vast majority of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim English (43.2%), Australian (38.6%), or Scottish (15.9%) ancestry. Irish and German roots are also common, making up 14.4% and 7.6% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 88.6% of people born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below both the Victorian (30%) and national (27.7%) figures.
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 Dean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20722/dean/topic/ancestry-heritage