45.4% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Adelaide City · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Adelaide City
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Adelaide City were born overseas, which is among the highest proportions for any similar area. This global mix is reflected in the local ancestry, where Chinese heritage (20%) is now nearly as common as English heritage (27.3%).
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 27.3% and Chinese at 20.0%, followed by Australian (17.2%), Irish (8.3%), and Scottish (7.5%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 45.4% of people were born overseas, which is far above the figures for South Australia (24.1%) and Australia (27.7%). This proportion rose 4.6 points since 2011, and today China is the most common overseas birthplace at 12.0%.
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 Adelaide City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40101/adelaide-city/topic/ancestry-heritage