7.1% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly traditional roots define Darlington, where the proportion of people born overseas has remained far below the national figure. This is a community with deep ties to its heritage, with nearly 40% of residents claiming Australian ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 39.8% and 30.6% of the population respectively, followed by Irish and German roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.1% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 78.6% of the population.
7.1% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30810/darlington/topic/ancestry-heritage