12.6% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Medway · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Medway
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Most people in Medway trace their roots back to the British Isles, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common. This deep connection to traditional roots is reflected in a population where the vast majority were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here at 41.3% and 40.6%, followed by Irish (16.1%) and Scottish (14.0%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) averages. This is consistent with the fact that 84.6% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Medway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12565/medway/topic/ancestry-heritage