8.1% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mid-Western Regional · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mid-Western Regional
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.1% of people in Mid-Western Regional were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 43.9% and 42.9% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish heritage are also prominent, at 12.0% and 9.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has barely changed since 2011 and sits at 8.1%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (83.9%), followed by England at 2.4%.
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 Mid-Western Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15270/mid-western-regional/topic/ancestry-heritage