8.8% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Lincoln · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Lincoln
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Port Lincoln than in most similar areas. With only 8.8% of residents born abroad, this is a very low figure compared to both the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, each accounting for 41.9% of the population, followed by Scottish, German and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national average of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (84.2%), with England, the Philippines and New Zealand as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Lincoln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41201/port-lincoln/topic/ancestry-heritage