5.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bethel · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bethel
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.8% of people in Bethel were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other parts of Australia. The community is predominantly Australian and English in its roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the residents identify as Australian (46.2%), followed by English (40.4%) and German (9.6%) ancestry. Other common roots include Irish and Scottish at 5.8% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 76.9% of people born in Australia, the overseas-born population is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1%. Of those born abroad, England is the most common place of birth at 9.6%, followed by New Zealand at 5.8%.
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 Bethel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40100/bethel/topic/ancestry-heritage