5.0% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moorwatha · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moorwatha
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Moorwatha compared to the rest of the country. Only 5% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 46.7%, followed by Australian at 20% and Scottish and German both at 15%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nine out of ten people in Moorwatha were born in Australia. This rate is far below the 29.3% seen across New South Wales.
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 Moorwatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12727/moorwatha/topic/ancestry-heritage