28.8% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Prospect · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Prospect
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Prospect, shared by 30% of the population. This is a diverse area where nearly 30% of residents were born overseas, a figure that has grown since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 30% and 25.5% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Italian at 10.3%, Irish at 8.4%, and Scottish at 7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 28.8% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most areas and well above the South Australian figure of 24.1%. This proportion has risen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011, with India being the most common overseas birthplace at 5.9%.
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46510/prospect/topic/ancestry-heritage