10.8% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moore · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moore
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Moore compared to the rest of the country, with only 10.8% of residents arriving from another nation. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than both Queensland and Australia. Most residents here identify with British and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.7%, followed by Australian at 33.6% and Scottish at 15.4%. Other notable groups include German and Irish ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 10.8% born overseas, this figure is far below the national average of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia, at 78%.
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 Moore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31904/moore/topic/ancestry-heritage