10.4% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Midge Point · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Midge Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Midge Point than in the rest of the state or country. While the typical resident traces their roots to Australia or the British Isles, only 10.4% of the population was born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 46.6%, followed by English (33.9%), Irish (14.5%), and Scottish (13.6%) roots.
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 the state figure of 22.7%. This figure also fell by 3 percentage points since 2011, with 83.7% of people now 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 Midge Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322080/midge-point/topic/ancestry-heritage