45.0% ▲ +204.7%
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
McMahon · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in McMahon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher proportion of people were born overseas in McMahon compared to the rest of the country. While about 28% of Australians were born abroad, the figure for McMahon is 45%, reflecting a community with a deep and diverse range of international roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries listed are Australian at 15.9% and English at 12.9%, followed by Chinese, Vietnamese and Italian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly half of all residents were born overseas, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This proportion has risen sharply by 30 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia, Vietnam, India, the Philippines and China.
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 McMahon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED128/mcmahon/topic/ancestry-heritage