13.3% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mitchell · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mitchell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background for people in Mitchell, making up 18.4% of the population. The area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the state or national figures, with the vast majority of people born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the second most common ancestry at 16.0%, followed by Irish at 4.2% and Scottish at 3.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (80.9%), while New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.0%.
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 Mitchell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12661/mitchell/topic/ancestry-heritage