0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Merotherie · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Not a single person born overseas lived in Merotherie at the 2021 census, continuing a trend of very low international migration. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a small number of residents claiming Scottish or German roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian is the most common ancestry at 41.7%, while Scottish and German ancestry both account for 16.7% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in Merotherie was born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. About 70.8% of residents were born in Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Merotherie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12591/merotherie/topic/ancestry-heritage