1.2% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dooen · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for the people of Dooen, where 44% of residents claim these roots. This is a small community with a very strong connection to its Australian and British heritage.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, followed by German at 17.2%, Irish at 13.6%, and Scottish at 8.4%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Very few people in Dooen were born overseas, at just 1.2%, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. About 90.4% of the population was born in Australia.
1.2% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Dooen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20776/dooen/topic/ancestry-heritage