8.2% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Loveday · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Loveday
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Loveday, where 44.6% of residents claim this heritage. The area has a very small proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country, with most people born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 41.8%, while 13.1% of residents identify as German. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are less frequent, at 6% and 5.5% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (85.6%), followed by England at 3.4%.
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 Loveday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40781/loveday/topic/ancestry-heritage