12.7% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Macclesfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Macclesfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Macclesfield claim English ancestry, making it a defining feature of the area. This strong connection to British roots is mirrored in the local birthplaces, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia or England.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 50.4%, followed by Australian at 39.3%. German, Scottish, and Irish roots are also listed by a smaller portion of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.7% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the South Australian (24.1%) and national (27.7%) rates. Most people here were born in Australia (81.7%) or England (7.6%).
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 Macclesfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40799/macclesfield/topic/ancestry-heritage