8.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Koolunga · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Koolunga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Koolunga than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong ancestral link to the British Isles and Germany.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, each at 42.6%. German ancestry is also prominent at 18%, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (84.2%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5.5%.
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 Koolunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40709/koolunga/topic/ancestry-heritage