16.9% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Barker · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Barker
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Mount Barker, where 46.9% of people claim this background. The community's roots are predominantly European, and it has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the people here claim English ancestry, followed by Australian at 38.8% and German at 11.7%. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also common, at 10.4% and 8.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 16.9% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the 27.7% national figure. Most residents were born in Australia (79.6%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5.9%.
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 Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40932/mount-barker/topic/ancestry-heritage