8.6% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Augusta · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Augusta
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Port Augusta compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.6% of residents were born in another country, which is much lower than the national figure. Most people here identify with Australian or English heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian (38.4%) and English (32.8%) are the most common ancestries in the area. Irish, Scottish and German heritages each account for between 6.5% and 7.6% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1%. While this is lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
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 Port Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46090/port-augusta/topic/ancestry-heritage