11.6% ▲ +67.5%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mansfield · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mansfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A modest 11.6% of people in Mansfield were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. While this is far below the national and state figures, the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen since 2011. The community is predominantly of English and Australian descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 41.8% and 40.6% of the population respectively. Other significant groups include Irish at 15.5% and Scottish at 13.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 82.5%. The percentage of people born overseas is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%, though it rose 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
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 Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215053/mansfield/topic/ancestry-heritage