19.6% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Keira · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Keira
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in five people in Mount Keira were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is well below the national and state figures, the community has a diverse mix of roots, with Australian and English ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 37.3% and English at 34.5%. Irish, Scottish and Italian roots are also prominent, making up 10.6%, 10.5% and 8.6% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is well below the 27.7% national average and the 29.3% state rate. Most people were born in Australia (78.1%), followed by England (3.7%), India (1.8%), New Zealand (1.3%) and Italy (1.2%).
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 Keira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12779/mount-keira/topic/ancestry-heritage