51.8% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Adelaide · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Adelaide
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Chinese ancestry is the most common in Adelaide, where 25.5% of people claim this heritage. This reflects a highly international population, with over half of all residents born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond Chinese roots, English ancestry is common at 23.8%, followed by Australian (14.2%), Irish (7.1%) and Scottish (6.5%) heritages.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half of residents (51.8%) were born overseas, a figure far above the national average of 27.7%. This diversity is seen in the birthplaces of residents, with China (15.7%), India (3.7%), England (3.6%) and Vietnam (2.0%) following Australia (41.0%).
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40002/adelaide/topic/ancestry-heritage