14.4% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Colonel Light Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Colonel Light Gardens
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots are the most common in Colonel Light Gardens, where nearly 84% of people were born in Australia. While the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar places, it remains far less diverse than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 45.1%, followed by Australian at 38.6%. Other common ancestral roots include Scottish (11.4%), Irish (11.1%), and German (8.7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14.4% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is well below the South Australian average. Most people were born in Australia (84.9%), with England (4.1%) being the most common overseas birthplace.
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 Colonel Light Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40286/colonel-light-gardens/topic/ancestry-heritage