8.3% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mortlake · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mortlake
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 8.3% of people in Mortlake were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. Most residents have ancestral roots in the British Isles, with English and Australian being the most common backgrounds.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the people here claim English ancestry (46.8%), followed by Australian (41.6%), Scottish (13.5%) and Irish (13.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born outside Australia is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 8.3% compared to 30.0% for Victoria. Most people were born in Australia (83.0%), while New Zealand (2.8%) and England (2.3%) are the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Mortlake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21767/mortlake/topic/ancestry-heritage