15.3% ▲ +44.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dimbulah · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Dimbulah, where 33.9% of people claim this background. The community has a diverse mix of roots, including strong Italian and English ties, and the proportion of people born overseas has grown since 2011.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestry are the most frequent, accounting for 33.9% and 31.4% of residents. Other common backgrounds include Italian at 10.9%, Scottish at 9.0%, and Irish at 7.7%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A higher proportion of people were born overseas here than in most similar areas, though at 15.3% this is far below the national figure. This number rose 4.7 percentage points since 2011, with Italy being the most common birthplace outside Australia.
15.3% ▲ +44.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Dimbulah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322034/dimbulah/topic/ancestry-heritage