11.4% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
5238, SA · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 5238, SA
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Barely any change has occurred in the birthplace of residents in postcode 5238 since 2011. This area is much less diverse than the rest of the state, with a huge majority of people born in Australia. English and Australian ancestries remain the most common backgrounds here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 44% and 40.3%, followed by German at 15.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.4% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the South Australian average of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, and 80% of residents were born in Australia.
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 5238, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5238/5238-sa/topic/ancestry-heritage