7.8% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moama · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moama
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong Australian and English heritage remains the defining feature of Moama's identity. While the typical resident has roots in the UK or Australia, the town has seen very little change in its overseas-born population over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (43%) and Australian (41.8%) ancestries are the most common, followed by Irish (11.7%) and Scottish (11.5%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (85%), with smaller numbers coming from England (2.4%) and New Zealand (0.8%).
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 Moama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12665/moama/topic/ancestry-heritage