6.4% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Myrniong · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Myrniong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A deep sense of traditional roots defines Myrniong, where over half of the people identify as Australian by ancestry. This heritage is reflected in a population that is overwhelmingly born within Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian, English, and Irish are the most common ancestries here, with Australian ancestry accounting for 54.5% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.4% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the national 27.7% and the Victorian 30.0%. This proportion has also fallen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
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 Myrniong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222061/myrniong/topic/ancestry-heritage