5.3% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mathinna · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mathinna
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Mathinna than in the rest of the country. Only 5.3% of the population was born abroad, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 57.3% and Australian at 42.0%. Other common roots include Irish at 12.2%, Scottish at 6.9%, and German at 3.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge majority of residents were born in Australia, accounting for 90.8% of the population. This is far below the state figure for overseas births, with only 2.3% of people born in England and no residents born in India, China, or New Zealand.
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 Mathinna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60386/mathinna/topic/ancestry-heritage