31.1% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Thorngate · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Thorngate
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have moved to Thorngate from overseas in recent years, making it a diverse spot in the city. Roughly 31% of the population was born abroad, which is well above the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 31.7%, followed by Australian at 22.2%, with Greek, Italian and Indian backgrounds also making up a large part of the mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born overseas residents make up 31.1% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and 7.1 percentage points above the South Australian average. While 63.3% were born in Australia, India is the most common overseas birthplace at 10.6%.
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 Thorngate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41447/thorngate/topic/ancestry-heritage