7.2% ▲ +19.3%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lower Murray · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lower Murray
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Lower Murray than in most other similar areas. Only 7.2% of the population was born outside Australia, making the region much more domestically born than the rest of the state and the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (38.8%) or English (36.7%) ancestry, followed by Scottish (9.4%), Irish (9.2%) and Italian (5.6%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 79.4% of people born in Australia, the 7.2% born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This proportion is among the lowest for this area type, although it rose 1.2 percentage points since 2011.
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 Lower Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10902/lower-murray/topic/ancestry-heritage