9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Merriton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Merriton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas now live in Merriton, and this has become even more pronounced since 2011. Only 9.1% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that is far below the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English ancestry at 49.1%, followed by Australian at 38.2% and Scottish at 20.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 9.1%, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Merriton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40866/merriton/topic/ancestry-heritage