49.0% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 46.5%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
5010, SA · Postcode
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Vietnamese heritage is the most common ancestry for people in postcode 5010, making up 19.9% of the population. This area is remarkably diverse, with nearly half of all residents born overseas. It is one of the most multicultural pockets of the region, where overseas birthplaces are far more common than in the rest of the state.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most frequent ancestries reported are Vietnamese (19.9%), Australian (16.1%), and English (15.3%). Chinese and Indian heritage are also common, at 8.4% and 6.4% respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost half of the people in the area were born overseas, a figure that rose 5.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 49.0%. This is far above the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. Aside from those born in Australia (46.2%), the most common birthplaces are Vietnam (16.4%), India (8.0%), China (2.2%), and the Philippines (1.9%).
49.0% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in 5010, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5010/5010-sa/topic/ancestry-heritage