6.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Torrens Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Torrens Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Torrens Creek compared to the rest of the state and country. Only 6.5% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This results in a community with very deep roots in Australia and the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people identify as Australian or English, each at 41.3%. Irish and Scottish ancestries are also common, making up 17.4% and 10.9% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 80.4% of people born in Australia, the overseas-born population is much lower than in most other areas. New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 6.5%.
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 Torrens Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32860/torrens-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage