19.7% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Semaphore South · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Semaphore South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in five people in Semaphore South were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the community has a strong British and Irish heritage, it is well below the state and national figures for overseas-born residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 42.7% and Australian at 31.4%. Irish (14.2%), Scottish (14.0%), and German (8.1%) backgrounds also make up a significant part of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.7% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is well below the South Australian rate of 24.1% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (76.6%), followed by England at 6.5%.
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 Semaphore South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41331/semaphore-south/topic/ancestry-heritage