19.3% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mawson · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mawson
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer than one in five people were born overseas in Mawson, making it much less diverse than most other areas. This sparsely populated region is heavily shaped by British roots, with over half the population claiming English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 50.8%, followed by Australian at 37.4% and Scottish at 11.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas fell by 11 percentage points since 2011 to reach 19.3%. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%, with 74.7% of residents born in Australia.
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 Mawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40030/mawson/topic/ancestry-heritage