4.9% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Milroy · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Milroy
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Milroy, where nearly 46% of residents claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very small proportion of people arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian and Scottish are the most common ancestries here, with 45.9%, 39.3% and 34.4% of residents respectively. Irish ancestry is also noted by 11.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the community was born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 6.6%.
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 Milroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12638/milroy/topic/ancestry-heritage