6.9% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
McDougalls Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in McDougalls Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English backgrounds are the most common in McDougalls Hill, where nearly half of the people identify as Australian. The area has a very strong local connection, with a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than the state or national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by those of Australian (45%) and English (43.5%) descent, followed by Scottish (12.2%), Irish (8.4%) and German (6.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia (82.4%), while South Africa is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.6%.
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 McDougalls Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12551/mcdougalls-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage