6.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Light · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Light
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Mount Light compared to the rest of the state and country. While most residents identify with English or Australian roots, the area remains much less diverse than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 51.0%, followed by Australian at 38.7% and Scottish at 21.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (94.2%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.2%.
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 Mount Light [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40953/mount-light/topic/ancestry-heritage