16.7% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mallacoota · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mallacoota
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Mallacoota claim English ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. While the town has a strong connection to British and Irish roots, it also has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 47.0%, followed by Australian at 30.9%, Scottish at 15.6%, and Irish at 14.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.7% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian and national figures. Most people were born in Australia (76.6%), with England as the most common overseas birthplace at 5.4%.
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 Mallacoota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21584/mallacoota/topic/ancestry-heritage