9.8% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Macarthur · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Macarthur
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of heritage defines Macarthur, where nearly half of the people claim Australian ancestry. Most residents are born in Australia, and the area has seen a drop in the proportion of people moving here from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 46.1% and English at 43.6%, followed by Irish at 15.7% and Scottish at 10.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30%) and Australia (27.7%). This figure has fallen 7.6 percentage points since 2011, with 86.8% of the population now 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 Macarthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222047/macarthur/topic/ancestry-heritage