19.3% ▲ +172.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murrays Beach · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murrays Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents now live in Murrays Beach, with 19.3% of the population born outside Australia. While the area is still overwhelmingly Australian and British in its roots, the proportion of people from other countries has climbed 12 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.5%, followed by Australian (35.7%) and Irish (12.4%). Scottish and German roots are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly one in five people here were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this figure is still far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%.
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 Murrays Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121085/murrays-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage