4.5% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bookpurnong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bookpurnong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few residents were born outside Australia in Bookpurnong, making it much less diverse than most similar areas. Only 4.5% of the population was born overseas, which is far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
About half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 38.9% and German at 21%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is 4.5%, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1%. Most people here were born in Australia, accounting for 91.1% of the population.
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 Bookpurnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40136/bookpurnong/topic/ancestry-heritage