11.4% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Prospect Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Prospect Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people in Prospect Hill now identify with their ancestral roots than in previous years, with Australian and English heritages dominating. Very few residents were born overseas, meaning the vast majority of the population was born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 43.0% and 41.1% of the population respectively. Other notable groups include Scottish (11.4%), German (8.9%) and Irish (5.7%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.4% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (81.0%), followed by England (3.8%) and New Zealand (1.9%).
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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41221/prospect-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage