11.1% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Black Rock · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Black Rock
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very little has changed in the ancestral makeup of Black Rock since 2011, with the area remaining overwhelmingly of British and Irish descent. Most people here identify as English or Irish, while only 11.1% of the population were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 61.1%, followed by Irish at 41.7% and Scottish at 16.7%. Other notable ancestral groups include Australians at 11.1% and Germans at 8.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for South Australia (24.1%) and Australia (27.7%). This is reflected in the fact that 91.7% of the population were born in Australia.
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 Black Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40114/black-rock/topic/ancestry-heritage