12.6% ▼ -46.9%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murray · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murray
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 Murray, claimed by 36.8% of residents. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with the proportion of people born overseas falling sharply in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most prominent, making up 36.8% and 35.0% of the population. Italian heritage is also common at 11.0%, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.6% of people in Murray were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas and has fallen by 11 percentage points since 2011.
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/sed/SED10056/murray/topic/ancestry-heritage