10.1% ▲ +48.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Snowtown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Snowtown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.1% of people in Snowtown were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This small proportion of overseas-born residents means the area is much more Australian-born than the rest of the state and the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Half of the residents identify as Australian, followed by English ancestry at 42.6%. Other common backgrounds include Scottish, Irish and German, each making up between 8% and 9% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the South Australian figure by 14 points. Most people here were born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4.9%.
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 Snowtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41349/snowtown/topic/ancestry-heritage