21.7% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maroochy · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Maroochy
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots dominate the daily life of Maroochy, where nearly 77% of residents claim one of these ancestries. While the area remains mostly Australian-born, it has become slightly more diverse over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.7%, followed by Australian (32.6%), Irish (13.4%), and Scottish (12.4%). German heritage is also noted by 6.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.7% of people in Maroochy were born overseas, a figure that rose 1.9 percentage points since 2011. This is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national average, with 72.3% born in Australia and 5.2% arriving from England.
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 Maroochy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31603/maroochy/topic/ancestry-heritage