16.1% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Egerton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Egerton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much higher proportions of overseas-born residents live in Mount Egerton than in most similar areas. While the community is predominantly of English, Australian, and Irish descent, the share of people born outside Australia has risen to 16.1%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 37.9%, followed by Australian at 33.5% and Irish at 21.1%. Scottish and German ancestries also make up a part of the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population rose 2.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 16.1%. While this is higher than in similar areas, it remains far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Egerton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222057/mount-egerton/topic/ancestry-heritage