5.9% ▼ -73.2%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mitchell · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mitchell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.9% of people in Mitchell were born overseas, a figure that has fallen sharply over the last decade. The town is overwhelmingly Australian-born and shares deep roots in English and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestral backgrounds, making up 42.5% and 38.1% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish, and German ancestry also account for smaller shares of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7% and has dropped 16 percentage points since 2011. Now, 84% of the population was born in Australia, with small numbers arriving from England and New Zealand.
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 Mitchell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321074/mitchell/topic/ancestry-heritage