3.5% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Stanford Merthyr · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Stanford Merthyr
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small number of overseas-born residents live in Stanford Merthyr, where the population has remained remarkably stable in its origins since 2011. The area is dominated by people with British and Australian roots, with 92.7% of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 46.8%, followed closely by Australian at 44.3%. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, making up 13.7% and 9.0% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.5% of people here were born overseas, which is much lower than most areas and far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Stanford Merthyr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13662/stanford-merthyr/topic/ancestry-heritage