20.4% ▲ +63.6%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mullumbimby · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much lower share of people were born overseas in Mullumbimby compared to the rest of the state. While 20.4% of residents were born abroad, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Despite this gap, the number of overseas-born residents has risen steadily over the last decade.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 41.5%, followed by Australian at 29.6% and Irish at 16.0%. Other significant ancestral groups include Scottish and German.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About one in five people here were born overseas, a figure that rose 7.9 percentage points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (70.4%), while England is the most common foreign birthplace at 5.9%.
20.4% ▲ +63.6%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Mullumbimby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115107/mullumbimby/topic/ancestry-heritage