6.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Morven · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small number of people born overseas live in Morven, where the population has remained largely stable in its origins since 2011. Over 85% of the community was born in Australia, making it much less diverse than the rest of the state.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (50.4%) or English (36.0%) ancestry. Other common roots include German at 10.4%, Irish at 9.6%, and Scottish at 7.2%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority are Australian-born at 85.6%, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 2.4%.
6.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Morven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12748/morven/topic/ancestry-heritage