6.5% ▼ -52.4%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Darnum · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Darnum
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shrinking overseas-born population marks the recent shift in Darnum, where the share of people born outside Australia fell by 7.1 percentage points since 2011. This small community is now very overwhelmingly Australian-born, with nearly 88% of residents born here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, making up 48.7% and 46.9% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish, and German ancestries also feature in the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and much lower than most similar areas. The vast majority were born in Australia, followed by small numbers from England and New Zealand.
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 Darnum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222015/darnum/topic/ancestry-heritage