0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moorilda · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady ancestral profile defines Moorilda, where almost no one was born overseas. This lack of recent migration means the community's roots remain deeply tied to traditional colonial backgrounds, with the vast majority of residents claiming Australian, English, or Irish heritage.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian and English, both at 36.8%, followed by Irish at 26.3%. German and Scottish roots are also present in 15.8% and 13.2% of the population respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in the area was born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Consequently, the vast majority of residents, 76.3%, were born in Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Moorilda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12724/moorilda/topic/ancestry-heritage