40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Green Fields · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Green Fields
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher proportion of people were born overseas in Green Fields than in the rest of South Australia. About 40% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much higher than the national figure. This international mix is reflected in a diverse range of ancestries, with Australian, English, Chinese and Indian backgrounds being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 24.1% and 18.8%. Chinese and Indian ancestries each make up 8.2% of the population, while German ancestry accounts for 4.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Forty per cent of people in Green Fields were born overseas, a figure far above the 24.1% seen in South Australia and the 27.7% national average. While 59.4% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are India (8.2%) and China (4.1%).
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 Green Fields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40531/green-fields/topic/ancestry-heritage