10.9% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mallee · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mallee
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional roots defines Mallee, where nearly 80% of the population was born in Australia. This deep local connection is reflected in the ancestry data, with English and Australian heritage being the most common roots in the region.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are almost equally common here, at 39.1% and 39.4% respectively. Scottish and Irish roots are also significant, each accounting for about 10% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.9% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011, with the vast majority of the population (80.6%) born in Australia.
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 Mallee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED230/mallee/topic/ancestry-heritage