8.8% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murgon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murgon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.8% of people in Murgon were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a population with deep local roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, each representing around 37% of the community. German ancestry is also prominent at 12.2%, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland figure by 14 points and the national figure by 19 points. Most people were born in Australia (80.8%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
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 Murgon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32082/murgon/topic/ancestry-heritage