9.8% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dysart · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dysart
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About the same as similar areas, Dysart has a relatively small proportion of overseas-born residents. Most people here claim Australian or English ancestry, which make up over two-thirds of the community. This creates a strong local identity with deep roots in Anglo-Celtic heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 34.6% and 33.0% respectively. Other notable groups include Irish (8.6%), Scottish (7.6%), and German (4.7%) descendants.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the Queensland (22.7%) and national (27.7%) averages. While 67.9% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are New Zealand, the Philippines, and England.
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 Dysart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30913/dysart/topic/ancestry-heritage