28.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
St Kilda · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in St Kilda
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in St Kilda (SA) list English as their ancestry. This reflects a strong British heritage across the area, where English, Australian, and Irish backgrounds are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 48.9%, followed by Australian at 27.3% and Irish at 13.6%. German and Scottish ancestries are also present at 5.7% and 4.5% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 28.4% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the South Australian figure of 24.1%. While 55.7% were born in Australia, England is the most common overseas birthplace at 13.6%.
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 Kilda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41371/st-kilda/topic/ancestry-heritage