16.6% —
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Isa · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Isa
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 Isa than in most similar areas. While Australian, English, Irish and Scottish heritages are common, the community is less diverse than the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 33.4%, followed by English at 28.2%, Irish at 8.8%, Scottish at 7.2% and German at 4.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.6% of people were born overseas, a figure that rose slightly from 15.8% in 2016. This is far below the national average of 27.7% and well below Queensland's 22.7%, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (74%), New Zealand (4.3%) and the Philippines (2.7%).
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 Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313009/mount-isa/topic/ancestry-heritage