19.5% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Cotton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Cotton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing share of people born overseas now live in Mount Cotton, though the area remains more traditionally Australian than the national average. Nearly 20% of residents were born abroad, while the vast majority of the community traces their roots back to England and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 48.1% and 39.7% of the population. Scottish, Irish, and German roots are also frequently reported.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 19.5% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the 22.7% figure for Queensland and 27.7% for Australia, with most residents born in Australia (79.0%) or England (5.9%).
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 Mount Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31952/mount-cotton/topic/ancestry-heritage