5.2% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mitiamo · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mitiamo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deep roots in the land define Mitiamo, where an overwhelming 80.2% of people were born in Australia. This reflects a community with very few overseas arrivals compared to the rest of the country, leaning heavily on traditional British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
British heritage is common here, with the most frequent ancestries being Australian at 39.7%, English at 31%, Scottish at 21.6%, and Irish at 14.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. Aside from Australia, the most common birthplaces are New Zealand and the Philippines, each at 3.4%.
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 Mitiamo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21709/mitiamo/topic/ancestry-heritage