10.1% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Merryburn · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Merryburn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle of similar areas for overseas birth, Merryburn is a place where nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry. The area has a strong European influence, with a combined 62% of people identifying as English or Italian.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 47.1%, followed by English at 32.3% and Italian at 19.6%. Irish and Vietnamese backgrounds are also represented at 10.1% and 4.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). Most people here were born in Australia (77.2%), with the next most common birthplaces being England and Vietnam.
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 Merryburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31815/merryburn/topic/ancestry-heritage