23.8% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woodville South · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woodville South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people in Woodville South were born overseas compared to most similar areas. While about 23.8% of residents were born outside Australia, the community has a strong European heritage with Italian and Greek ancestry making up over a fifth of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 27.3% and 27.0%. Italian ancestry is also very prominent at 15%, followed by Irish at 7.6% and Greek at 7.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.8% of residents were born overseas, which is about the same as the South Australian figure but well below the national rate of 27.7%. Aside from those born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are India at 5.6% and England at 2.1%.
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 Woodville South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41647/woodville-south/topic/ancestry-heritage