5.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moorngag · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moorngag
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English heritage is the most common ancestry in Moorngag, where 64% of residents claim this background. The area has a very small proportion of overseas-born residents, making it much more homogenous than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 64%, followed by Australian (37.3%) and Scottish (36%) roots. Irish (18.7%) and Italian (5.3%) backgrounds are also present.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30% and the national average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (88%), with New Zealand being the next most common birthplace at 4%.
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 Moorngag [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21753/moorngag/topic/ancestry-heritage