29.5% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Prospect
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 30% of people in Prospect were born overseas, a figure well above the state average. This makes the area much more internationally diverse than most similar places. The community is a mix of long-standing European roots and more recent arrivals from Asia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (28.9%) and Australian (25.2%) are the most common ancestries. There is also a strong presence of Italian (10.5%), Irish (8.4%) and Greek (7.0%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 29.5% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a little above the national figure and well above South Australia's 24.1%. While 67.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India (5.8%), England (3.2%) and Vietnam (2.6%).
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41220/prospect/topic/ancestry-heritage