9.0% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maryborough West · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Maryborough West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9.0% of people in Maryborough West were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes it a community where the vast majority of residents have local roots. Most people here identify with traditional British and Australian heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 46.3% and 43.8% of residents respectively. Other frequent ancestral ties include Scottish (12.0%), Irish (10.4%), and German (8.6%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 85.0% of the population born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the Australian average of 27.7%. Of those born abroad, the most common birthplaces are England (3.3%) and New Zealand (2.5%).
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31779/maryborough-west/topic/ancestry-heritage