17.2% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Milperra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Milperra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher proportion of residents in Milperra were born overseas compared to most similar areas. While the area is diverse, the typical resident identifies as Australian or English, with 80.8% of the population born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 36.3% and 30.7% of the population respectively, followed by Irish, Scottish, and Greek roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 17.2% of people were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas but far below the New South Wales and national figures. Most residents were born in Australia, while the remaining small groups come from England, Vietnam, China, 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 Milperra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12636/milperra/topic/ancestry-heritage