14.6% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Pleasant
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Mount Pleasant than in most similar areas, though the overall proportion remains low. Only 14.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 38.9% and 36.7% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish and German roots also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 14.6% of people were born overseas, this is well below the Queensland rate of 22.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (78.5%), with smaller numbers coming from England, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32014/mount-pleasant/topic/ancestry-heritage