23.7% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Adelaide · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Adelaide
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much larger share of people were born overseas in Port Adelaide compared to most similar areas. While this is about the same as the South Australian average, the proportion is well below the national figure. English and Australian ancestries remain the most common backgrounds here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 38.4% and Australian at 29.4%. Other frequent backgrounds include Irish (9.1%), Scottish (7.7%), and German (7.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.7% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. While 70.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (5.6%), New Zealand (1.5%), Vietnam (1.3%), and China (1.1%).
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 Port Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41187/port-adelaide/topic/ancestry-heritage