22.9% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Torrens Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Torrens Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong British heritage shapes the daily life of Torrens Park, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common. While three quarters of the people here were born in Australia, the area is more diverse than most similar suburbs.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 43.4%, followed by Australian (32.3%) and Scottish (15.2%) roots. Irish and German heritage are also common, making up 11.0% and 8.1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 22.9% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and well below the national average of 27.7%, with England being the most common birth country outside Australia at 6.0%.
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 Torrens Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41464/torrens-park/topic/ancestry-heritage