19.0% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Barker Springs · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Mount Barker Springs, where over half the population claims English roots. The area has a strong connection to British and European origins, though it has a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than the national average.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 50.6% and Australian at 33.9%. Other notable groups include German at 16.1%, Irish at 11.5% and Scottish at 10.9%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.0% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national rate of 27.7%.
19.0% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Barker Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40934/mount-barker-springs/topic/ancestry-heritage