6.1% ▲ +37.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Flinders · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Flinders
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small but steady rise in the overseas-born population has occurred in Flinders, where 6.1% of people were born in another country. This is a very high proportion of Australian-born residents compared to the rest of the country, with English and Australian ancestries remaining the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (39.1%) and Australian (37.7%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Irish at 12.3% and Scottish at 10.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the state figure of 22.7%. While this is much lower than most areas, the proportion has risen slightly since 2011. Most of the population was born in Australia (80.8%).
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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33200/flinders/topic/ancestry-heritage