8.5% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Augusta West · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Augusta West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 8.5% of people in Port Augusta West were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a place where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia. The community's roots are primarily tied to English and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 40.2% and English at 35.7%. Other notable family roots include Irish, German and Scottish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than most areas, sitting 19 percentage points below the Australian average. Most people here were born in Australia (83.1%), followed by small groups from India and England.
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 Augusta West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41190/port-augusta-west/topic/ancestry-heritage