11.3% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Barker · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Barker
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Barker than in most similar areas, with 81.9% of residents born in Australia. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than the rest of the state and the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are equally common at 40.6% each, followed by German at 13.1%, Scottish at 9.0%, and Irish at 7.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion rose slightly by 0.9 points since 2011, with the most common overseas birthplaces being England, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
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 Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED402/barker/topic/ancestry-heritage