5.2% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kingsford · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kingsford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.2% of people in Kingsford were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other parts of Australia. Residents here mainly identify with traditional British and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 37.9% and 34.5% of the population. Scottish and Irish heritage are also prominent, while Italian ancestry accounts for 5.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national average of 27.7%. This is reflected in the fact that 75.9% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Kingsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40698/kingsford/topic/ancestry-heritage