10.8% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Merredin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Merredin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Merredin than in the rest of the state, with only 10.8% of the population born abroad. This makes the area much less diverse than most other parts of Australia. The community is predominantly of English and Australian descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common here, accounting for 42.4% and 40.0% of residents respectively. Scottish, Irish, and Italian roots follow as the next most frequent backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011, leaving Merredin far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most people were born in Australia (75.2%), followed by England, New Zealand, the Philippines and South Africa.
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/sa2/509021240/merredin/topic/ancestry-heritage