8.5% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balaklava · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Balaklava
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few changes have been seen in the cultural makeup of Balaklava over the last decade, which remains a predominantly Australian-born community. With 86.1% of people born here, it is far less diverse than the rest of the state and the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry (46.9%), followed closely by English ancestry at 44.8%. Other common roots include German (11%), Scottish (9.7%) and Irish (6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.5% of people in Balaklava were born overseas, a figure that is far below the South Australian average of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are England (3.3%) and the Philippines (2%).
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 Balaklava [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40062/balaklava/topic/ancestry-heritage