7.3% ▲ +206.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Merriwagga · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Merriwagga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Merriwagga compared to most similar areas. This is a community with very strong ties to its British and Australian roots, with 7.3% of residents born abroad.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 47.6%, followed by Australian (30.6%) and Irish (14.5%). Scottish ancestry accounts for 12.9% of the population, while 4% identify as Filipino.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority were born in Australia (79.8%), with the Philippines being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.2%.
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 Merriwagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12597/merriwagga/topic/ancestry-heritage