38.1% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mansfield · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mansfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common root for people in Mansfield, where 27% of residents claim this heritage. The area is notably diverse, with a large proportion of the population born overseas and a strong Chinese influence in both ancestry and birthplace.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 27% and 24.4% of the population respectively. Chinese ancestry is also prominent at 16%, followed by Irish at 9.1% and Scottish at 7.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than one in three people in Mansfield were born overseas, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen 8.4 points since 2011, with China being the most common overseas birthplace at 6.8%.
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 Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30049/mansfield/topic/ancestry-heritage