11.0% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 68% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Gambier · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Gambier
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestry are the most common roots for people in Mount Gambier, each claimed by around 40% of the population. The area has a very strong connection to these origins, while remaining much less diverse in terms of birthplaces than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 42% and English at 40.8%, followed by Scottish (10.4%), Irish (8.6%) and German (7.9%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11% of people were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national average of 27.7%. This proportion rose slightly by 1 point since 2011, with 83.2% 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 Mount Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4002/mount-gambier/topic/ancestry-heritage