23.5% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mackay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Mackay than in most similar areas, though the city still sits well below the national figure. This international mix is reflected in the ancestry data, where English, Australian, and Filipino roots are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 29.5%, followed by Australian at 26.1%. Other common ancestral groups include Irish (9.2%), Scottish (8.6%), and Filipino (6.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.5% of residents were born overseas, which is about the same as the Queensland figure. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains 4.2 percentage points lower than the national average. Most people were born in Australia (59.4%), with the Philippines (6.0%) and New Zealand (2.9%) as the next most common 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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31724/mackay/topic/ancestry-heritage