10.6% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Meadows
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots dominate the heritage of Meadows, where 46.2% and 44.4% of people claim these ancestries. The area remains more traditionally Australian in its makeup than most other parts of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, and Scottish are the most common ancestries here, with German and Irish backgrounds also featuring prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below both the South Australian (24.1%) and national (27.7%) totals. Most people were born in Australia (81.5%), followed by England at 6.3%.
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 Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40853/meadows/topic/ancestry-heritage