37.4% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
St Clair · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in St Clair
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a third of the people in St Clair were born in another country, making it far more diverse than the rest of the state. This high level of migration shapes the local community, where residents trace their roots back to a wide variety of global origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 24.4% and Australian at 21.6%, followed by Italian, Chinese and Scottish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A high 37.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the South Australian figure of 24.1%. While 59.8% were born in Australia, there are significant numbers from India, Vietnam, England and China.
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 St Clair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41367/st-clair/topic/ancestry-heritage