12.7% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murray Bridge · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murray Bridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 12.7% of people in Murray Bridge were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less internationally diverse than most of Australia. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up nearly 80% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, together accounting for 78.6% of residents. German ancestry is also common at 12.9%, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country. This has barely changed since 2011, with 80.8% of the population born in 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 Murray Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45040/murray-bridge/topic/ancestry-heritage