16.3% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Isa · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Isa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of Australian and British heritage defines daily life in Mount Isa, where 61.9% of people claim Australian or English ancestry. While the area is more diverse than many similar regions, it remains far less multicultural than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 33.4% and 28.5% respectively. Irish, Scottish, and German backgrounds follow, making up smaller portions of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.3% of people were born overseas, a figure that has risen since 2011. While this is higher than most similar areas, it is far below the Australian figure of 27.7%. New Zealand, the Philippines, and England are the most common birthplaces outside 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 Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35300/mount-isa/topic/ancestry-heritage