12.3% ▲ +58.8%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moranbah · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moranbah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of residents were born overseas in Moranbah, with the proportion rising 4.6 percentage points since 2011. While 12.3% of the population was born outside Australia, this remains far below the figures for Queensland and the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 36.8% and English at 34.7%, followed by Irish, Scottish and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 72% of people were born in Australia, the overseas-born population is higher than in most similar areas. New Zealand is the most common birthplace outside Australia at 3.8%.
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 Moranbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314017/moranbah/topic/ancestry-heritage