29.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Direk · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Direk
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural backgrounds shape daily life in Direk, where nearly 30% of the population was born overseas. This mix is seen in the local ancestry, with English and Australian heritage being the most common, alongside a notable Filipino community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 30.9% and 30.0%. Other significant groups include Scottish (6.5%), Irish (5.4%), and Filipino (4.7%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 29.6% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the South Australian figure of 24.1%. While 67.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are the Philippines (3.4%) and India (2.7%).
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 Direk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40366/direk/topic/ancestry-heritage