18.2% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Pleasant
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Mount Pleasant, where 34.6% of people claim these roots. The area has a strong British and Irish influence, though it is far less diverse in terms of birthplaces than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Along with 33.4% of people identifying as Australian, Scottish (13.5%) and Irish (12.7%) ancestries are common. Italian heritage is also notable at 8.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.2% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (79.1%), followed by England at 3.3%.
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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12795/mount-pleasant/topic/ancestry-heritage