20.9% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moreton Bay · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moreton Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A gap of nearly 7 percentage points separates Moreton Bay from the national average in terms of overseas birthplaces. While the area is more diverse than many similar places, it remains more traditionally Australian in its roots than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 42.1%, followed by Australian at 37.2%. Other common roots include Irish (11.0%), Scottish (10.8%), and German (6.0%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.9% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 27.7%. This proportion rose by 2 points since 2011, with New Zealand and England being the most common birthplaces outside 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 Moreton Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35010/moreton-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage