10.9% ▲ +92.9%
Lower than 69% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dubbo · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dubbo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents has shaped the recent makeup of Dubbo, where the share of people born abroad rose by 5.3 percentage points since 2011. While the population remains mostly Australian-born, there is a diverse mix of roots, with 39.6% of people claiming Australian ancestry and 35.9% claiming English.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Many residents trace their family roots to the British Isles, with 10.7% identifying as Irish and 8.2% as Scottish. Other common ancestries include German at 3.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.9% of people in Dubbo were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Beyond the 80.8% born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are India (1.8%) and Nepal (1.7%).
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/sua/1012/dubbo/topic/ancestry-heritage