14.1% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mackay · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mackay
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 Mackay, where 37.7% of people claim this background. The area is predominantly Australian-born and has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Besides English and Australian roots, which make up the bulk of the population, 10.9% of residents identify as Irish and 10.4% as Scottish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.1% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen by 7.1 percentage points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (77.4%), followed by the Philippines at 2.4% and New Zealand at 2.3%.
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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30047/mackay/topic/ancestry-heritage