38.5% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Monterey · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Monterey
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 39% of people in Monterey were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a diverse community where Greek and English ancestries are particularly common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Greek is the most common ancestry at 22.4%, followed by Australian at 14.2% and English at 13.2%. Italian and Chinese ancestries each make up 5.3% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 38.5% of residents born overseas, Monterey is well above the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. While 57% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China, England, New Zealand and Italy.
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 Monterey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12697/monterey/topic/ancestry-heritage