16.1% ▲ +51.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Donnybrook · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Donnybrook
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Donnybrook claim English ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. The community is predominantly Australian-born, though it has a slightly higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 48%, followed by Australian at 37.2% and Irish at 15.1%. Scottish and German heritage are also represented at 9.9% and 6.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 16.1% of residents were born overseas—which is higher than most similar areas—this is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (77.7%), with New Zealand (5.0%) and England (2.7%) being the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Donnybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30862/donnybrook/topic/ancestry-heritage