7.5% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maroona · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Maroona
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Maroona than in most other areas, with only 7.5% of the population arriving from another country. This makes the community much less diverse in its origins compared to both the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The strongest ties are to British and Irish roots, with Australian (46.3%), English (42.5%), Scottish (22.5%) and Irish (16.3%) being the most common ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (82.5%), followed by England at 5.0%.
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 Maroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21613/maroona/topic/ancestry-heritage