6.1% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Rankin · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Rankin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few changes have occurred in the ancestral makeup of Mount Rankin since 2011. The area remains overwhelmingly tied to British and Irish roots, with nearly half of residents claiming Australian ancestry. This heritage is reflected in the local birthplace data, where the vast majority of people were born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 47.2% and 41.1% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, at 11.9% and 11.7% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.1% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (87.1%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 1.6%.
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 Rankin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12797/mount-rankin/topic/ancestry-heritage