36.8% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Adelaide · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Adelaide
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a third of people in Adelaide were born overseas, making it much more diverse than most other areas. This high proportion of overseas-born residents is reflected in a wide mix of backgrounds, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (26.9%) and Australian (22.2%) are the most common ancestries. Other significant groups include Chinese (8.1%), Italian (7.2%) and Irish (7.1%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 36.8% of the population, which is far above the South Australian figure of 24.1% and well above the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen 6.5 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being India (6.3%), China (3.7%) and Vietnam (3.1%).
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 Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED401/adelaide/topic/ancestry-heritage