9.0% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murgon · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murgon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly traditional roots define Murgon, where a huge majority of people share Australian and English heritage. This is a place with very few overseas-born residents, making it much less diverse than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common here, making up 36.9% and 36.5% of the population respectively. German, Irish, and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for a combined 25.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.0% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen 4.8 points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (80.0%), with smaller groups arriving from England, the Philippines, and New Zealand.
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 Murgon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315073/murgon/topic/ancestry-heritage