41.2% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 42.1%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mitchell · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mitchell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common in Mitchell, with both sitting at around 21%. This area is marked by a very high proportion of people born overseas, which is far above the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Residents identify most strongly with Australian (21.6%) and English (21.5%) roots, followed by Chinese (14.7%) and Indian (9.4%) ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 41.2% of people in Mitchell were born overseas, a figure far above the 27.7% national average, though this fell slightly since 2011. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are India (6.9%) and China (6.6%).
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 Mitchell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED129/mitchell/topic/ancestry-heritage