17.7% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
St Helena · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in St Helena
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots for the 17.7% of people born overseas in St Helena. Most residents share a British or European heritage, with English and Australian backgrounds making up over two thirds of the community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (36.0%) and Australian (32.3%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Italian at 13.0% and Irish at 11.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 17.7% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas, this is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Australia is the birthplace for 78.8% of the population, with England (3.5%) and Italy (1.7%) as the next most common origins.
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 St Helena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22339/st-helena/topic/ancestry-heritage