31.2% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Vale Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Vale Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than three in ten people in Vale Park were born overseas, creating a diverse local mix. This is well above both the state and national figures, with a strong presence of residents from Italy, China, and India.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, but Italian and Chinese backgrounds are also very prominent, making up 11.9% and 9.3% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 31.2%, the share of people born overseas is much higher than most areas and well above the South Australian figure of 24.1%. While most residents were born in Australia, India is now the most common overseas birthplace at 4.6%.
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 Vale Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41499/vale-park/topic/ancestry-heritage