8.8% ▲ +75.5%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dubbo · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dubbo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.8% of people in Dubbo were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. While the area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born, the proportion of residents from other countries has risen since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 41.3% and 37.9% of the population. Other significant groups include Irish (11.0%), Scottish (8.7%) and German (3.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The percentage of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. This number rose 3.8 points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (82.4%), England (1.3%) and India (1.0%).
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 Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10026/dubbo/topic/ancestry-heritage