8.5% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murweh · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murweh
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Murweh than in most similar areas. About 8.5% of the population was born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure. The community is predominantly of Australian, English, and Irish descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 42.9%, followed by English at 33.1%, Irish at 11.2%, and Scottish at 9.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). This proportion rose slightly by 1.0 percentage points since 2011, with Vietnam being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.2%.
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 Murweh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35600/murweh/topic/ancestry-heritage