33.3% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Altona Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Altona Meadows
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a third of the people in Altona Meadows were born overseas, which is well above the national average. This creates a diverse community where people from a wide range of backgrounds live side by side.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, each making up about 24% of the population. Italian and Irish roots are also prominent, accounting for 7.7% and 7.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 33.3% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 27.7% national average. While 62.2% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are India and England at 2.7% each.
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 Altona Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20036/altona-meadows/topic/ancestry-heritage