23.2% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 59% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moreton Bay - South · Region (SA4)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moreton Bay - South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Moreton Bay - South, where 40.7% of people claim this background. The area is largely Australian-born, though the proportion of people born overseas has risen to 23.2% over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 40.7% and 36.7% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 11.2% and Scottish at 11.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 74% of people were born in Australia, while 23.2% were born overseas, which is about the same as the Queensland figure. This overseas-born group has grown by 3.3 percentage points since 2011, though it remains well below the national figure.
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 Moreton Bay - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/314/moreton-bay-south/topic/ancestry-heritage