7.3% ▲ +66.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Arno Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Arno Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Arno Bay claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. This strong local connection is reflected in the birthplace data, as the vast majority of residents were born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the next most common at 36%, followed by German at 9.2%, and Irish and Scottish backgrounds which both sit at 5.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.3% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the South Australian (24.1%) and national (27.7%) figures. Most of those born abroad come from South Africa, England, or New Zealand.
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 Arno Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40042/arno-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage