27.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
The Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in The Meadows than in most similar areas. While the typical resident is born in Australia, over a quarter of the population grew up in another country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 36.4%, followed by equal shares of Australian, Irish, and German ancestry at 18.2% each.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 27.3% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is about the same as the national figure, and England is the most common overseas birthplace at 27.3%.
27.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in The Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13846/the-meadows/topic/ancestry-heritage