17.0% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Morayfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Morayfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Morayfield than in most similar areas. While the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen slightly to 17.0% since 2011, this remains well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 45.4%, followed by Australian at 41.4%, Scottish at 11.1%, Irish at 8.9% and German at 6.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 17.0% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (78.7%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, New Zealand, South Africa and the Philippines.
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 Morayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/313041374/morayfield/topic/ancestry-heritage