13.3% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mooga · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong roots in British and European heritage shape daily life in Mooga, where half the population identifies as Australian. The community is largely home-grown, with a small but notable influence from New Zealand arrivals.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, followed by 36.7% of English and 13.3% of German descent.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below Queensland's 22.7%. Most people were born in Australia, though New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 13.3%.
13.3% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Mooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31890/mooga/topic/ancestry-heritage