14.5% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dotswood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dotswood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 14.5% of people in Dotswood were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas. This mix of backgrounds is led by a strong English and Australian heritage, with many residents tracing their roots back to Europe.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.4%, followed by Australian at 34.9% and German at 19.3%. Other notable ancestral groups include Irish at 14.5% and Scottish at 8.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the overseas-born population is higher than in most similar areas, at 14.5% it remains far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (74.7%), with New Zealand as the most common overseas birthplace at 4.8%.
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 Dotswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30868/dotswood/topic/ancestry-heritage