18.1% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Ousley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Ousley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Changing trends in heritage have shaped Mount Ousley into a place where Australian and English ancestries are now almost equally common. Most residents identify with these roots, while a smaller but notable number of people were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 35.4% and English at 34.8%. Other significant groups include Scottish (11.5%), Irish (10.9%), and Italian (8.4%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.1% of people were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas, though this is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (79.4%), followed by England, China, Italy and India.
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 Ousley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12793/mount-ousley/topic/ancestry-heritage