11.7% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Merredin · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Merredin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common in Merredin, each representing 41.6% of the population. This blend of roots is typical for the area, though the town has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by Australian and English backgrounds, with Scottish (9.1%), Irish (7.3%) and Italian (5.4%) also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.7% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and has fallen 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
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 Merredin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55460/merredin/topic/ancestry-heritage