4.5% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murray · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murray
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.5% of people in Murray were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other parts of the country. Most residents identify with traditional European roots, particularly Australian and English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 18.1% and 17.8% of the population respectively. Other notable groups include Irish, Scottish and German descent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 4.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the own national rate of 27.7%. While most people were born in Australia, the smallest groups of overseas-born residents come from England, South Africa, China and New Zealand.
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 Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32084/murray/topic/ancestry-heritage