9.7% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dumbalk · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dumbalk
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About the same as other similar areas, Dumbalk has a small proportion of overseas-born residents. Most people here identify with traditional British and Irish roots, with nearly half the population claiming Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 47.7%, followed by English at 29.7%, Scottish at 15.8%, and Irish at 10.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 77.8% were born in Australia, other common birthplaces include England and South Africa at 2% each.
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 Dumbalk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20804/dumbalk/topic/ancestry-heritage