14.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glen Mervyn · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Glen Mervyn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Glen Mervyn compared to the rest of the state. While 14.9% of residents were born abroad, this is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. The area remains predominantly Australian and British in its roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 40.4% and English at 34.0%. Scottish, Irish, and Filipino backgrounds each make up between 8.5% and 10.6% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia (68.1%), which explains why the overseas-born population is far below the Western Australian average. The Philippines is the most common birthplace outside Australia, accounting for 6.4% of the community.
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 Glen Mervyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50554/glen-mervyn/topic/ancestry-heritage