12.5% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blackfellows Caves · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 12.5% of people in Blackfellows Caves were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. While most residents have roots in Australia and England, there is also a notable presence of people with Italian and Dutch ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestry is Australian at 45.8%, followed by English at 30.6%. Scottish, Italian, and Dutch ancestries each account for 9.7% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people here were born overseas compared to the rest of the state and the nation, at just 12.5%. This is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 91.7% of the population born in Australia.
12.5% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Blackfellows Caves [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40116/blackfellows-caves/topic/ancestry-heritage