16.5% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Isa · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
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 local roots defines Mount Isa, where 74.1% of people were born in Australia. While the community has become slightly more diverse over the last decade, it remains far more Australian-born than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 33.4% and English at 28.5%, followed by Irish, Scottish and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, with New Zealand and the Philippines being 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/sa2/315021405/mount-isa/topic/ancestry-heritage