5.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dongolocking · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dongolocking
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Dongolocking compared to the rest of the state. Only 5.7% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplaces than most other regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in the area claim Australian ancestry at 60.4%, followed by English at 30.2% and Irish at 17.0%. German and Scottish ancestries are also common, at 11.3% and 9.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With only 5.7% of residents born overseas, this is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This is reflected in the fact that 73.6% of the population were born in Australia.
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 Dongolocking [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50417/dongolocking/topic/ancestry-heritage