28.6% ▼ -69.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 93.5%
- 2016: 85.7%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Parafield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Parafield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 29% of people in Parafield claim Australian ancestry, the most common heritage in an area with a strong mix of backgrounds. This diversity is reflected in the birthplace of residents, with almost 29% born overseas, which is well above the South Australian average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most frequent, at 28.6%, followed by Irish at 23.8% and English at 19.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 28.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is much higher than most areas and 4.5 percentage points above the state average.
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 Parafield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41102/parafield/topic/ancestry-heritage