7.6% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Minmi · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Minmi
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 7.6% of people in Minmi were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse than most other parts of the country. Most residents have roots in the British Isles or Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 48.4% and 45.5% of the population. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also frequent, at 12.1% and 9.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has fallen to 7.6%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This is a drop of 3.6 percentage points since 2011, with 90.7% of the population 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 Minmi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121078/minmi/topic/ancestry-heritage