37.8% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Pleasant
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a third of people in Mount Pleasant were born overseas, making it one of the most internationally diverse areas in the region. This global mix is reflected in the local heritage, where English and Australian ancestries are most common, followed by a significant Chinese community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 35.1% and 25.0%, while Chinese heritage is also prominent at 14.6%. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 9.4% and 9.0% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A high 37.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the national figure of 27.7% and well above the state average. While most were born in Australia, the largest overseas groups come from England, China, South Africa, and India.
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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51030/mount-pleasant/topic/ancestry-heritage