8.5% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Muswellbrook · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Muswellbrook
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Muswellbrook, where the vast majority of residents have roots in the British Isles. This strong connection to traditional ancestry is reflected in a population that is far less diverse in its birthplaces than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the people in Muswellbrook claim Australian ancestry, while 39.4% identify as English. Other common roots include Irish at 9.6% and Scottish at 8.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen slightly by 1.3 percentage points since 2011, though 84.8% of the population was 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 Muswellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15650/muswellbrook/topic/ancestry-heritage