8.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
McHarg Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in McHarg Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly rooted European heritage defines daily life in McHarg Creek, where 63.9% of residents claim English ancestry. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few overseas arrivals compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 63.9%, followed by Australian at 27.8% and Irish at 18.1%. Other common roots include Scottish and German heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (76.4%), with England as the most frequent overseas birthplace at 4.2%.
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 McHarg Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40850/mcharg-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage