9.1% ▲ +139.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Western Flat · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Western Flat
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9.1% of people in Western Flat were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much more locally born than most other parts of the country. The community is shaped largely by traditional British and European roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of the residents claim Australian ancestry, with English roots being the next most common at 31.4%. Scottish, German, and Irish ancestries also feature, each making up between 6.6% and 7.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national average of 27.7%. This is reflected in the fact that 80.2% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Western Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41574/western-flat/topic/ancestry-heritage