21.2% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Melba · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Melba
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of heritage shapes daily life in Melba, where most residents claim roots in the British Isles. This is a predominantly Australian-born community, though the proportion of people born overseas has risen slightly over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 38.6% and English at 35.4%, followed by Irish and Scottish roots. German ancestry is also present for 5.0% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.2% of people here were born overseas, a figure that rose 1.8 percentage points since 2011. This is well below the 28.7% seen across the ACT 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 Melba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011022/melba/topic/ancestry-heritage