6.0% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Compton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Compton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Compton than in most other similar areas. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, and the most common ancestral roots are Australian and English.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most frequent, making up 43.3% and 41.3% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish, and German roots are also common, though less frequent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.0% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. About 84.4% of residents were born in Australia, followed by small numbers from England and New Zealand.
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 Compton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40291/compton/topic/ancestry-heritage