13.4% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Melinga · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Melinga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of British and Australian roots defines daily life in Melinga. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, while the number of people born overseas is much lower than the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (43.8%) and Australian (39.3%) are the most frequent ancestries, followed by Scottish (8.9%), German (6.3%) and Dutch (4.5%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (72.3%), with England (4.5%) and New Zealand (3.6%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Melinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12570/melinga/topic/ancestry-heritage