15.4% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Merricks North · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Merricks North
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Merricks North compared to the rest of Victoria. While 15.4% of residents grew up abroad, this is well below the state and national figures, reflecting a population with deep roots in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 49.2%, followed by Australian at 31.2% and Scottish at 21.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most people here were born in Australia (77.8%), though England is the most frequent overseas birthplace at 6.4%. This local figure for overseas births is far below the 30% seen across Victoria.
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 Merricks North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21664/merricks-north/topic/ancestry-heritage