19.7% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Cotton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Cotton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 8% fewer people were born overseas in Mount Cotton compared to the national figure. This makes the area's population more Australian-born than most of the country, though the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen slightly since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 48.2% and 40.2% of the population. Other frequent responses include Scottish, Irish, and German heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 19.7% of people were born overseas, this is well below the Australian average of 27.7%. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are England, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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 Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314018/mount-cotton/topic/ancestry-heritage