13.2% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moe - Newborough · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moe - Newborough
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few areas in the region have a smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than Moe - Newborough, where just 13.2% of people were born abroad. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong traditional heritage linked to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (39.6%) or English (38.6%) ancestry, followed by Scottish (10.2%) and Irish (9.2%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 13.2% of people born overseas is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has also fallen slightly since 2011, while the vast majority of the population (78.8%) was 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 Moe - Newborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205041095/moe-newborough/topic/ancestry-heritage