11.6% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maryborough · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Maryborough
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional heritage defines Maryborough, where nearly 85% of people claim English or Australian ancestry. Most residents were born in Australia, making it a community with deep local roots and far fewer overseas-born residents than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 44.6% and 40.4% of the population respectively. Other common roots include Scottish (10.8%), Irish (10.2%), and German (8.5%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.6% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the national 27.7% and the Queensland average of 22.7%. While this number rose slightly by 1.2 percentage points since 2011, the vast majority of residents (81.8%) were born in Australia.
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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30051/maryborough/topic/ancestry-heritage