10.6% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Don Valley · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Don Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Barely any change has occurred in the birthplace of Don Valley (L) residents since 2011, with only 10.6% of people born overseas. This is a far lower proportion than seen across Victoria or Australia. The area remains dominated by those with Australian and English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population claims Australian ancestry (48.4%), followed closely by English (44.6%), Irish (13.0%), and Scottish (9.1%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.6% of people were born outside Australia, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. The most common overseas birthplaces are England (4.1%), New Zealand (1.8%), and South Africa (1.8%).
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 Don Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222019/don-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage