7.1% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Risdon Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Risdon Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Risdon Park compared to the rest of the state. Only 7.1% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area significantly less diverse in its birthplaces than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, accounting for 41.9% and 41.3% of the population respectively. Irish, German and Scottish ancestries are also common, each making up around 7% of the area.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people here were born in Australia, at 86.4%. This is far below the South Australian average of 24.1% for overseas-born residents, with England being the most common foreign birthplace at 2.1%.
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 Risdon Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41259/risdon-park/topic/ancestry-heritage