9.0% ▼ -56.0%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Morawa · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Morawa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Morawa (L), where 36.8% of residents claim these roots. This small area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with the share of people born overseas falling sharply in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is the most frequent, followed by Australian at 26.2%. Irish and Scottish backgrounds each make up 9.3% of the population, while German ancestry accounts for 1.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.0% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below the Western Australian average of 32.2%. This represents a significant drop from 2011, when 20.5% of the population was born abroad.
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 Morawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522047/morawa/topic/ancestry-heritage