18.8% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Surrey Downs · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Surrey Downs
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in five people in Surrey Downs were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is a high proportion locally, it remains well below the figures for both South Australia and the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 48.5%, followed by Australian at 39.6%. Scottish, German, and Irish ancestries are also prominent, each making up between 8.7% and 9.6% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.8% of residents were born overseas, though this is well below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of these residents were born in England, accounting for 8.8% of the total population.
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 Surrey Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41410/surrey-downs/topic/ancestry-heritage