5.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Ossa · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Ossa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Ancestry and birthplace patterns in Mount Ossa have remained steady, with a strong focus on traditional roots. Most people here identify with Australian, English, Scottish, or Irish backgrounds, while very few residents were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 40.8%, followed by English at 33.2%, Scottish at 12.4%, and Irish at 9.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (75.6%), with England and New Zealand 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 Mount Ossa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32010/mount-ossa/topic/ancestry-heritage