18.3% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
McCracken · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in McCracken
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in McCracken claim English ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. The community is predominantly Australian-born, though it has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is the most frequent at 51.5%, followed by Australian (38.3%), Scottish (11.7%), Irish (10.5%) and German (9.4%) ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 18.3% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 24.1% seen across South Australia. Most residents were born in Australia (77.4%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 11.2%.
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 McCracken [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40849/mccracken/topic/ancestry-heritage