14.2% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mackay · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mackay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Mackay than in most similar areas, though the figure remains much lower than the state and national levels. While the overseas-born population grew to 14.2% by 2021, the community remains predominantly Australian-born.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.3%, followed by Australian at 36.4% and Irish at 10.7%. Scottish and German roots are also prominent, making up 10.4% and 6.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas rose 2.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 14.2%. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%, with 77.5% of residents 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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL311003/mackay/topic/ancestry-heritage