40.8% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Adelaide - East · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Adelaide - East
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people were born overseas in Port Adelaide - East than in the rest of the state. Now 40.8% of the population was born abroad, a figure that has climbed 8.4 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area much more internationally diverse than most other parts of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 23.5% and Australian at 21.2%. Indian ancestry is also prominent at 10.3%, followed by Chinese at 7.0% and Italian at 6.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born-overseas residents make up 40.8% of the population, which is 17 points higher than the South Australian figure of 24.1%. Aside from those born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are India (11.4%), China (3.2%), England (2.6%) and Vietnam (1.9%).
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 Adelaide - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40203/port-adelaide-east/topic/ancestry-heritage