8.8% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maryborough · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Maryborough
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Maryborough than in most similar areas. The community is heavily shaped by British and Australian roots, with 84.4% of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.9%, followed closely by Australian at 43.5%. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (11.5%) and Irish (10.8%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national average of 27.7%. Of those born abroad, England is the most frequent origin at 2.9%.
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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21618/maryborough/topic/ancestry-heritage