16.5% ▲ +85.9%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Isa · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Isa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An overseas-born population that grew by 7.6 percentage points since 2011 now makes up 16.5% of Mount Isa. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure. The community is predominantly of Australian and English descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
About a third of residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by 28.5% who identify as English. Other common ancestries include Irish at 8.9%, Scottish at 7.2%, and German at 4.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.5% of people were born overseas, which is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. Most people were born in Australia (74.1%), with the next most common birthplaces being New Zealand, the Philippines, England, and South Africa.
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 Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3013/mount-isa/topic/ancestry-heritage