6.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Morinish · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Morinish
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Morinish than in the rest of the state or country. Only 6.5% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it an area with very few recent arrivals compared to typical Australian towns.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Half of the population identifies as Australian, followed by English at 32.3% and Irish at 21.0%. Scottish and German ancestries also feature, making up 12.9% and 4.8% of the residents respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people here were born in Australia, accounting for 88.7% of the population. This is far below the Queensland average of 22.7% for overseas-born residents.
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 Morinish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31920/morinish/topic/ancestry-heritage