4.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Mercer · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Mercer
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Mount Mercer compared to the rest of the state. Only 4.3% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that sits far below the Victorian average of 30%. This creates a community where the vast majority of people share a similar local origin.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 58.5% and Australian at 37.2%. Scottish, Irish, and German heritage are also prominent, with 21.3%, 13.8% and 9.6% of residents claiming these roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Australia is the birthplace for 95.7% of the population, which is much lower than most areas when looking at the 4.3% born overseas. New Zealand is the only other country of birth represented in the area.
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 Mount Mercer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21804/mount-mercer/topic/ancestry-heritage