0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mepunga West · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mepunga West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady pattern of local roots defines Mepunga West, where the population remains almost entirely Australian-born. While ancestries from the British Isles are common, the area has very little recent international migration compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian ancestry at 66.3%, followed by English (20.5%), Scottish (13.3%), and Irish (6.0%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in the area was born overseas, a figure far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national average. This is reflected in the fact that 92.8% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Mepunga West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21652/mepunga-west/topic/ancestry-heritage