12.0% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Michelago · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage for people in Michelago, making up 44.2% of the population. The area has a very high proportion of residents born in Australia compared to the rest of the state and country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is also very common at 38.5%, followed by Irish (13.1%), Scottish (10.6%) and German (7.6%) ancestries.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of those born abroad came from England, New Zealand, and China.
12.0% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Michelago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12609/michelago/topic/ancestry-heritage