8.8% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Lincoln · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Lincoln
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 8.8% of people in Port Lincoln were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most of Australia and South Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each accounting for 41.9% of the population. Other frequent ancestries include Scottish at 9.5%, German at 9.1%, and Irish at 8.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has barely changed since 2011, remaining far below the state figure of 24.1%. Most people here were born in Australia (84.3%), followed by England (2.5%) and the Philippines (0.9%).
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 Lincoln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46300/port-lincoln/topic/ancestry-heritage