25.3% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Smithfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Smithfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have moved to Smithfield from overseas since 2011, and now over a quarter of the population was born outside Australia. This makes the area's overseas-born community much larger than in most similar places. English and Australian ancestries remain the most common backgrounds here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 37.3%, followed by Australian at 31.8%. Other notable ancestral groups include Scottish, German, and Irish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 25.3% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the South Australian figure. While 63.9% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, India, and the Philippines.
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 Smithfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41346/smithfield/topic/ancestry-heritage