9.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Delegate River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Delegate River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An increasing number of people have called Delegate River home since 2011, though the area remains deeply rooted in its colonial past. Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, while only 9.8% of the population was born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the people here identify as Australian, followed closely by those with English ancestry at 41.5%. German and Dutch roots are also common, appearing in about 12% and 10% of residents respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia, though England is the most common overseas birthplace at 12.2%.
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 Delegate River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20734/delegate-river/topic/ancestry-heritage