11.6% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Merino · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Merino
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Merino, where 47.8% of people claim these roots. The area has a very strong connection to British and Irish origins, with a much smaller proportion of residents born overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half the population identifies as English, followed closely by those of Australian (41.8%), Irish (13.7%), and Scottish (12.0%) descent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. Most people here were born in Australia (83.1%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 6.8%.
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 Merino [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21658/merino/topic/ancestry-heritage