8.9% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maryborough · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Maryborough
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Maryborough (Vic.) than in most similar areas. Only 8.9% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that has remained almost steady since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English (45.8%) or Australian (43.3%) ancestry, followed by Scottish (11.6%) and Irish (10.9%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of the community was born in Australia (84.3%), with England (2.9%) as the most common overseas birthplace.
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/ucl/UCL214016/maryborough/topic/ancestry-heritage