10.8% ▲ +86.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Copley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Copley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.8% of people in Copley were born overseas, which is far below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other regions. Most residents trace their roots back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Irish ancestries are the most common at 14.5% each, followed by Australian ancestry at 13.3% and Scottish at 7.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people here were born in Australia (75.9%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.6%. This explains why the overseas-born population is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1%.
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 Copley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40311/copley/topic/ancestry-heritage