2.7% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Russell · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small number of residents in Mount Russell were born overseas, with the community remaining overwhelmingly Australian-born over the last decade. This creates a local profile that is far more homogenous than the state or national average.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian (42.3%) or English (40.5%) ancestry. Scottish (16.2%) and Irish (13.5%) roots are also common in the area.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 2.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. The vast majority were born in Australia (86.5%), followed by New Zealand at 3.6%.
2.7% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Russell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12801/mount-russell/topic/ancestry-heritage