33.1% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Molloy Island · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Molloy Island
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people were born overseas in Molloy Island than across Australia. This sparsely populated area sees over 33% of its residents born abroad, which is well above the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 49.1%, followed by Australian at 31.9% and Irish at 16.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 33.1% of people were born overseas, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Australian average. While 57.7% were born in Australia, England is the most common overseas birthplace at 16.6%.
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 Molloy Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50978/molloy-island/topic/ancestry-heritage