10.2% ▼ -46.9%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Magnet · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Magnet
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A sharp drop in the number of overseas-born residents defines the recent history of Mount Magnet (L). Only 10.2% of people were born outside Australia in 2021, marking a significant decline from a decade ago. This shift makes the area far less diverse in birthplace than the state or national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, accounting for 20.8% and 18.1% of residents respectively. Irish, Scottish, and German ancestries also feature in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas fell by 9.1 percentage points since 2011, landing at 10.2%. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and 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 Magnet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521033/mount-magnet/topic/ancestry-heritage