19.6% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Menai · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Menai
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer than one in five people were born overseas in Menai, a figure that sits well below the state and national averages. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other Australian suburbs. The community is predominantly Australian-born, with strong ties to British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 35.7% and English at 33.5%. Irish, Scottish, and Italian heritages also make up a significant part of the local identity.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 19.6% of residents were born overseas—which is much higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (78.6%), followed by England, China, South Africa, and New Zealand.
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 Menai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12578/menai/topic/ancestry-heritage