8.2% ▲ +34.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Meningie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Meningie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Stronger ties to traditional roots have persisted in Meningie, where English and Australian ancestries remain the most common. The area is far less diverse than the national average, with the vast majority of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 39.3%, followed closely by Australian at 36.8%. Other notable family origins include German at 9.6%, Scottish at 8.0%, and Irish at 6.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (78.5%), with smaller groups arriving from England, the Philippines, India and Italy.
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 Meningie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40859/meningie/topic/ancestry-heritage