8.8% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Meadowvale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Meadowvale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English is the most common ancestry in Meadowvale, where 42.4% of people claim this heritage. The area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country. This creates a profile dominated by those with deep roots in Australia, the UK, and Ireland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 42.4% and 40.6% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish (11.3%), German (8.5%), and Scottish (7.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.8% of people in Meadowvale were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (82.7%), with small numbers arriving from New Zealand, England, and South Africa.
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 Meadowvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31796/meadowvale/topic/ancestry-heritage