17.7% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murray · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murray
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English is the most common ancestry in Murray, where 47.8% of people claim these roots. The area is predominantly Australian-born, with a far lower proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, making up 47.8% and 41.8% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish roots are also common, at 10.6% and 9.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 17.7% of people in Murray were born overseas, which is well below the national figure of 27.7% and far below Western Australia's 32.2%. This figure has fallen slightly since 2011, with 74.8% of residents now 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56230/murray/topic/ancestry-heritage