10.7% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Torrens · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Torrens
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people in Mount Torrens were born overseas compared to the rest of the country. Only 10.7% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area significantly less diverse in its origins than most of South Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common, making up 44.5% and 42.8% of the population respectively. Other significant groups include German at 18.5% and Scottish at 9.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people here were born in Australia, at 83.3%. This is far below the state and national averages for overseas births, with England being the most common foreign birthplace at 4.6%.
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 Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40964/mount-torrens/topic/ancestry-heritage