35.2% ▲ +70.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mernda · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mernda
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a third of people in Mernda were born overseas, a figure well above the national average. This high level of migration has created a diverse community where Indian and Italian ancestries are now as common as English or Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (22.9%) and English (21.0%), followed by Indian (11.4%), Italian (10.0%), and Irish (5.7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 35.2% of residents were born outside Australia, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 30% figure for Victoria. India is the most common birthplace outside Australia at 10.3%.
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 Mernda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21659/mernda/topic/ancestry-heritage