9.6% ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Delacombe · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Delacombe
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common root for people in Delacombe, where 42.3% of residents claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very small proportion of the population arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Along with English roots, 40.7% of people identify as Australian. Irish and Scottish ancestry are also common, each making up about 11% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.6% of people were born overseas, a figure far below both the Victorian (30%) and national (27.7%) figures. Most residents were born in Australia (84.4%), followed by small numbers from England, New Zealand and India.
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 Delacombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20730/delacombe/topic/ancestry-heritage