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Thornton - Millers Forest · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Ancestry & Birthplace in Thornton - Millers Forest

Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.

Just 11.2% of people in Thornton - Millers Forest were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This is a community with deep roots in the region, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.

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📍 Thornton - Millers Forest, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Thornton - Millers Forest sits — People born overseas

11.2% —

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Thornton - Millers Forest — lower than 81% of areas.

Thornton - Millers Forest11.2%
2324, NSW 9.6%
New South Wales 29.3%
Australia 27.7%

Ancestry

The ancestries people most identify with.

Ancestry is dominated by British and Irish roots, with 45% of people claiming Australian descent and 42% English ancestry.

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Thornton - Millers Forest splits fairly evenly between Australian (38%) and English (35%), with Scottish at 8%.

Australian 45.0% English 42.0% Scottish 9.8% Irish 9.2% German 4.2% Indian 2.4% Italian 1.8% Dutch 1.2% Filipino 1.1% Chinese 1.1%

Country of birth

Australia and the largest overseas communities.

The proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 11.2%, which is 18 percentage points below the New South Wales figure. Most people here were born in Australia (86.7%), followed by small numbers from India and England.

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 Thornton - Millers Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106021618/thornton-millers-forest/topic/ancestry-heritage