2.9% ▲ +735.6%
Lower than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mornington · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mornington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 2.9% of people in Mornington were born overseas, making it one of the least diverse areas in the region. This creates a community where the vast majority of residents are born in Australia, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 6.2%, followed by Australian at 4.0%, Irish at 2.1%, and Scottish at 2.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the state's 22.7%, though this figure rose 2.6 points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (87.5%), with New Zealand (1.1%) and England (0.4%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Mornington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35250/mornington/topic/ancestry-heritage