40.4% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Melrose Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Melrose Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Forty per cent of people in Melrose Park were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most diverse areas of its kind, with a strong presence of people from both Australian and East Asian backgrounds.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 21.4%, followed by English at 19.1% and Australian at 18.6%. Other common ancestries include Irish and Italian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 40.4% of residents born overseas is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the Australian figure of 27.7%. While 56.7% were born in Australia, China is the most frequent overseas birthplace at 9.3%.
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 Melrose Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12574/melrose-park/topic/ancestry-heritage