3.6% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Direction · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Direction
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common root for people in Mount Direction, where nearly half the population claims this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with only 3.6% of residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents identify as Australian (47.2%), followed closely by English ancestry at 42.7%. Irish, German, and Scottish roots are also common, making up 7.7%, 5.6% and 4.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the state's 15.4%. Most people here were born in Australia (83.1%), with England being the next most common birthplace at 1.6%.
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 Direction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60426/mount-direction/topic/ancestry-heritage