23.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mitchell Plateau · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mitchell Plateau
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 Mitchell Plateau, where over 20% of people claim these roots. The area is sparsely populated and has a distinct mix of backgrounds, with more than one in five residents born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is the most frequent, at 20.7%, followed by Scottish at 12.6% and Australian at 10.3%. Irish ancestry is also present for 3.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.0% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the 32.2% figure for Western Australia. Most people were born in Australia (55.2%), with New Zealand (9.2%) and England (5.7%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Mitchell Plateau [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50971/mitchell-plateau/topic/ancestry-heritage