12.7% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Delaneys Creek · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Delaneys Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much lower proportion of people were born overseas in Delaneys Creek (L) compared to the state and national figures. While 12.7% of the population grew up abroad, the area remains heavily shaped by traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the residents claim Australian ancestry (45.8%), followed closely by English (43.4%) and Irish (8.8%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas rose 3.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 12.7%, which is higher than most similar areas but still far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (82.9%), with the next most common birthplaces being New Zealand and England.
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 Delaneys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321036/delaneys-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage