9.3% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Medowie · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Medowie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Traditional roots run deep in Medowie, where nearly half the people claim Australian ancestry. It is a community with very few overseas-born residents, making it far less diverse than most other parts of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 47.0% and 43.3% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent at 10.6% and 10.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.3% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and has fallen since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (86.6%), with England as the most common overseas birthplace at 3.2%.
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 Medowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1020/medowie/topic/ancestry-heritage