10.7% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Meadows · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Meadows
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much smaller share of people were born overseas in Meadows compared to the rest of the state or country. Only 10.7% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 48.4% and 45.2% of the population respectively. Scottish, German, and Irish roots also feature in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 82% of people born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. England is the most common overseas birthplace 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/ucl/UCL415027/meadows/topic/ancestry-heritage