3.4% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Metz · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few residents in Metz were born overseas, making it much less diverse than most similar areas. The vast majority of the population identifies with English and Australian roots, reflecting a community with deep ties to the local region.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is most common at 51.3%, followed by Australian at 40.2%. Other notable groups include Irish (17.9%), Scottish (13.7%), and Indian (3.4%) backgrounds.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.4% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is reflected in the fact that 94% of the population was born in Australia.
3.4% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Metz [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12605/metz/topic/ancestry-heritage