5.6% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maitland · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Maitland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small number of overseas-born residents has remained a consistent trait of Maitland (SA) over the last decade. Most people here identify as Australian or English, with a small proportion of the community claiming German roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 42.3% and 40.7% of the population respectively. Other notable groups include German (10.9%), Scottish (8.8%), and Irish (6.6%) descent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national rate of 27.7%. This low level of migration is reflected in the fact that 82.9% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40808/maitland/topic/ancestry-heritage