14.2% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dinner Plain · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dinner Plain
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Dinner Plain than in the rest of Victoria. While 14.2% of residents arrived from another country, this is far below the state and national figures. British and Irish roots remain the most common ancestries here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is most common at 42.5%, followed by Australian at 34.6%. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, making up 11.8% and 10.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas rose 3.3 percentage points since 2011 to reach 14.2%. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Dinner Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222018/dinner-plain/topic/ancestry-heritage