8.3% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Morawa · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Morawa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady pattern of heritage continues in Morawa, where 63.4% of residents claim English or Australian ancestry. Most people in the town were born here or elsewhere in Australia, while those born overseas make up a small minority of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian heritage are the most common, making up 36.2% and 27.2% of residents. Irish ancestry is also notable at 10.5%, followed by Scottish at 9.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.3% of people in Morawa were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (64.9%), with the next most common birthplaces being England 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 Morawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50993/morawa/topic/ancestry-heritage