12.1% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Meningie West · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Meningie West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Meningie West identify as Australian by ancestry, making the area more traditionally rooted than many other parts of the state. Most residents were born here or have deep ancestral ties to the British Isles, with very few people born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian is the most common ancestry at 48.5%, followed by English at 27.3%, Scottish at 18.2%, and Irish at 9.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.1% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the national average of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population, 78.8%, 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 Meningie West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40861/meningie-west/topic/ancestry-heritage