10.7% ▼ -64.6%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murphys Creek · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murphys Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Murphys Creek (L) claim Australian ancestry. This heritage is the most common in the area, followed by English and Scottish roots, creating a profile shaped largely by traditional British Isles origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most frequent at 48.9%, with English (36.5%), Scottish (12%), and Irish (11.6%) also common. German heritage is seen in 9% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.7% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the national average of 27.7%. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when the proportion of overseas-born residents was 30.3%.
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 Murphys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322090/murphys-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage