Where the Iraqi community lives in Mount Isa
This page ranks Mount Isa suburbs by where the Iraqi community is most established, using the 2021 Census. Suburbs are ordered by the share of residents who were born in Iraq. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are ranked.
Other community pages show two or three census angles side by side — ancestry, country of birth, language spoken at home — but the ABS publishes only one for the Iraqi community, and a zero in place of a question that was never asked would read as an absence of people. Percentile ranks are computed within Mount Isa's pool. This is descriptive demographic information, not a recommendation. The census publishes no Iraqi ancestry category, so country of birth is the only published signal. Iraq-born residents are not a single community: the group spans Arabic-speaking Iraqis, Assyrians and Chaldeans, Kurds and Mandaeans. No census field separates them — there is no Assyrian language or ancestry category at all — so this page locates Iraq-born residents and claims nothing beyond that.
Where the Iraqi community lives in Mount Isa
Ranked by the share of residents who were born in Iraq in the 2021 Census, among suburbs with at least 2,000 residents.
Not enough Mount Isa suburbs have an established community of this size to produce a meaningful ranking. Suburbs need at least 2,000 residents and a non-trivial community count in the 2021 Census to appear.
Ranked on the share of residents born in the relevant country (ancestry fragments across sub-groups, so birthplace is the more reliable signal here) in the 2021 Census, percentile-ranked within Mount Isa's candidate pool. Every suburb also shows all three census angles — ancestry, country of birth, and language spoken at home — because no single number captures a community on its own. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents qualify. Ancestry is a multiple-response question, so shares read as "residents who reported this ancestry", not an exclusive count. Descriptive ABS Census data, not a recommendation. See how we calculate for the full methodology.
Common questions about this ranking
How is this ranking put together?
Suburbs are ordered by the share of residents who were birthplace. The census publishes no Iraqi ancestry category, so country of birth is the only published signal. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are included, and percentile ranks are computed within Mount Isa's pool, so the list reflects concentration relative to other metro suburbs.
Why is only one figure shown per suburb?
Iraq-born residents are not a single community: the group spans Arabic-speaking Iraqis, Assyrians and Chaldeans, Kurds and Mandaeans. No census field separates them — there is no Assyrian language or ancestry category at all — so this page locates Iraq-born residents and claims nothing beyond that. Other community pages show two or three census angles side by side, but the ABS publishes a fixed list of ancestries, birthplaces and languages, and they do not cover every community equally. We show the figures that exist rather than filling the gaps with a zero, which would read as an absence of people instead of an absence of a question.
How current is it?
The figures are from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027. The top 15 is recomputed whenever we refresh the census data.
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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.