10.7% ▲ +29.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maclean · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Maclean
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Maclean than in the rest of the country, with only 10.7% born abroad. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%. The area remains overwhelmingly rooted in British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 42.1% and 37.0% of the population. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also prominent at 12.8% and 12.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (81.1%), while the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
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 Maclean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12440/maclean/topic/ancestry-heritage