53.1% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Druitt · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Druitt
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Mount Druitt were born overseas, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most diverse areas in the region, where Filipino and Indian backgrounds are now as common as English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The community has a diverse mix of roots; Australian ancestry is most common at 13.1%, followed closely by Filipino at 12.6% and English at 11.1%. Indian ancestry is also significant at 7.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A striking 53.1% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure far above the 27.7% national average. The most common overseas birthplaces are the Philippines at 9.5% and India at 4.7%.
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 Druitt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12767/mount-druitt/topic/ancestry-heritage