33.6% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mitcham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mitcham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much more of the population was born overseas in Mitcham than in most similar areas. About 33.6% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that has risen by 6.0 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 29.1%, followed by Australian at 27.0% and Chinese at 18.9%. Irish and Scottish ancestries each account for around 9% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 33.6% of people born overseas is well above the national figure of 27.7%. While 64.2% of the population was born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 7.9% and India at 3.5%.
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 Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211041270/mitcham/topic/ancestry-heritage