1.5% ▼ -85.8%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mer (Murray) Island · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mer (Murray) Island
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 1.5% of people on Mer (Murray) Island were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the island an area where the vast majority of residents are born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Very few residents identify with common European ancestries, with only 1.2% claiming Australian and 0.7% Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is among the lowest for similar areas and has fallen sharply from 10.4% in 2011 to 1.5%. Most people here are born in Australia, accounting for 92.6% of the population.
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 Mer (Murray) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322077/mer-island/topic/ancestry-heritage