26.6% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Elder · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Elder
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Elder, where 35.4% of people claim these roots. The area has a diverse mix of backgrounds, with nearly a third of residents also identifying as Australian. Most people here were born in Australia or have deep ancestral ties to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (35.4%) and Australian (31.1%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish (8.2%), Scottish (8.2%) and German (7.3%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 26.6% of people were born overseas, which is a little above the South Australian figure. This is a little below the national average and represents a drop of 11 percentage points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (70.3%), followed by England (3.3%), India (3.0%), China (2.5%) and Nepal (2.0%).
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 Elder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40011/elder/topic/ancestry-heritage