16.5% ▲ +60.6%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Barker · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Barker
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Mount Barker than in the rest of Australia. While the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen to 16.5%, it remains well below the state and national figures. The community is predominantly of English and Australian descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim English ancestry, at 47.4%. Other common ancestral roots include Australian at 39.2%, German at 11.8%, and Scottish at 10.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas rose 6.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 16.5%, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is still far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL412002/mount-barker/topic/ancestry-heritage