24.4% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Morningside · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Morningside
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural backgrounds shape daily life in Morningside, where nearly one in four people were born overseas. While English and Australian ancestries are the most common, the area is more globally connected than many similar suburbs.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 40.3%, followed by Australian at 31.5% and Irish at 15.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 24.4% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland figure of 22.7%. However, this is well below the national average of 27.7%, with most residents born in Australia (70.6%).
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 Morningside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31922/morningside/topic/ancestry-heritage