8.9% ▲ +23.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Muswellbrook · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Muswellbrook
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong ties to British and Irish heritage shape the local identity of Muswellbrook. Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, while a very small proportion of the population was born outside of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian (44.2%) and English (38.2%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Irish (9.0%) and Scottish (8.5%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) figures. Most residents were born in Australia (84.7%), with smaller groups from New Zealand, England, the Philippines 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 Muswellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12879/muswellbrook/topic/ancestry-heritage