9.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Myrtlebank · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Myrtlebank
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots dominate the family histories of Myrtlebank, where the vast majority of residents were born in their own country. This creates a local identity rooted deeply in colonial heritage, with very few people born overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.2%, followed by Australian at 37.3%. Other significant ancestral links include Scottish (15.1%) and Irish (10.3%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.5% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria and the national figure of 27.7%. This is reflected in the fact that 81.0% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Myrtlebank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21862/myrtlebank/topic/ancestry-heritage