9.3% ▼ -46.5%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2021: 9.3%
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.
Just 9.3% of people in Maryborough were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a community with a very strong Australian-born base. British and Irish roots remain the most common family backgrounds here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 44.7% and 41.8% of the population. Other frequent backgrounds include Scottish, Irish, and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has fallen since 2011, dropping 8.1 points to 9.3%. This is far below the 22.7% seen in Queensland and the 27.7% national figure, with 83.2% of residents 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/ucl/UCL312003/maryborough/topic/ancestry-heritage