25.7% ▲ +46.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wirrina Cove · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wirrina Cove
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a quarter of people in Wirrina Cove were born overseas, a figure slightly above the South Australian average. English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots here, with English ancestry accounting for 44.4% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.4%, followed by Australian at 26.7% and Scottish at 11.2%. Other significant ancestral groups include German at 9.6% and Irish at 8.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 25.7% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the state figure. While 65.8% were born in Australia, 11.8% came from England, followed by smaller groups from India and China.
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 Wirrina Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41624/wirrina-cove/topic/ancestry-heritage