12.3% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Harrogate · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Harrogate
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong preference for traditional roots defines Harrogate, where nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry. The area remains much more Australian-born than both the state and the nation, with 85.4% of people born here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are almost equal in the community, at 48.5% and 49.7% respectively. Other common roots include Scottish (10.4%), Irish (7.7%), and German (6.5%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian (24.1%) and Australian (27.7%) figures. Most residents were born in Australia (85.4%), followed by England at 6.3%.
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 Harrogate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40567/harrogate/topic/ancestry-heritage