18.6% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Morgantown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Morgantown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Morgantown, where nearly 28% of people claim this background. The area has a diverse mix of origins, though the proportion of people born overseas is much lower than the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian (27.8%) and English (26.4%) are the most frequent ancestries, followed by Irish at 7.0%, Italian at 3.9% and Scottish at 3.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.6% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, but well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (60.7%), with other common birthplaces being England, New Zealand, the Philippines and Italy.
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 Morgantown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50997/morgantown/topic/ancestry-heritage