6.9% ▲ +29.3%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mendooran · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mendooran
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background for people in Mendooran (L), where 42.2% of residents claim this heritage. The area has a very strong connection to British and Irish roots, with a small number of people born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common here at 33.8%, followed by Irish and Scottish backgrounds at 11.3% each, and German at 5.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, with 83.6% of residents 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 Mendooran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122085/mendooran/topic/ancestry-heritage