10.7% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moruya · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moruya
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Moruya compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.7% of residents were born in another country, which is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This makes the town's population much more home-grown than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 41.9% and 40.7% of the population respectively. Other significant groups include Irish (12.8%), Scottish (10.3%), and German (4.7%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 80% of the community was born in Australia. For those born overseas, England is the most common birthplace at 3.8%, followed by New Zealand at 1.0%.
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 Moruya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12745/moruya/topic/ancestry-heritage