30.2% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Macquarie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Macquarie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Overseas-born residents now make up a larger share of the population in Macquarie than in previous years. About 30.2% of people here were born outside Australia, which is a little above the figures for both the ACT and the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each accounting for 31.7% of residents, followed by Irish at 11.7% and Scottish at 10.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 30.2% of people born overseas, Macquarie has a much higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are England, India, China and Vietnam.
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 Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80091/macquarie/topic/ancestry-heritage