9.6% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bethany · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bethany
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle of similar areas for its overseas population, Bethany is a community with deep roots in Australia and Europe. Nearly 90% of residents were born in Australia, with the rest of the population largely tracing their family history back to English and German ancestors.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Family roots here are predominantly European, with 44.5% of people claiming Australian ancestry, followed by English at 33.6% and German at 28.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the 24.1% seen across South Australia and the 27.7% national average. Most people here were born in Australia (89.7%), with England and New Zealand each accounting for 2.7% of births.
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 Bethany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40099/bethany/topic/ancestry-heritage