42.5% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mawson Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mawson Lakes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A surge in overseas arrivals has shifted the makeup of Mawson Lakes, with 42.5% of residents now born abroad. This makes the area far more diverse than the rest of South Australia and the nation. While English and Australian ancestries remain common, there is a strong presence of people with Chinese and Indian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (25.6%) and Australian (21.4%) are the most common ancestries. Other significant groups include those with Chinese (9.2%), Indian (7.7%), and Vietnamese (5.4%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far above the state figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 55.2% were born in Australia, India is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.7%, followed by England, China, and Vietnam.
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 Mawson Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40844/mawson-lakes/topic/ancestry-heritage