13.1% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maroota · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost 79% of people in Maroota were born in Australia, which is a much higher proportion than the national figure. This makes the area far less diverse in terms of birthplace than the rest of the state. English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots for residents here.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most frequent, making up 37.8% and 35.1% of the population respectively. Other common ancestral roots include Italian, Scottish, and Irish.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.1% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales and national averages. Aside from Australia, the most common birthplaces are New Zealand, England and Italy.
13.1% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Maroota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12510/maroota/topic/ancestry-heritage