4.9% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Morven · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Morven
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Morven, where 44% of people claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 44% and 39.1% of the community. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (13%), Irish (11.4%), and German (11.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (89.1%), while the next most common birthplaces are the Philippines and South Africa at 2.2% each.
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 Morven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31925/morven/topic/ancestry-heritage