16.4% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Flinders · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Flinders
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Flinders, where 50.1% of people claim this heritage. This is a predominantly Australian-born community, though it maintains strong traditional links to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond English roots, 30.1% of residents identify as Australian, while Irish and Scottish ancestries each account for about 16% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.4% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. The vast majority are born in Australia (71.7%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 7.4%.
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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20930/flinders/topic/ancestry-heritage