15.6% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
McLaren Flat · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in McLaren Flat
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English heritage is the most common root for those in McLaren Flat, where 54% of people claim this ancestry. The area is predominantly Australian-born, though it maintains a strong link to British and Irish origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, and Scottish are the most common ancestries here. Irish and German heritage also feature, with 8.6% and 7.2% of residents identifying with these roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Roughly 15.6% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is far below the national figure of 27.7%, with the vast majority of residents 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 McLaren Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40851/mclaren-flat/topic/ancestry-heritage