7.2% ▼ -73.7%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Flinders · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Flinders
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A sharp drop in the number of overseas-born residents has occurred in Flinders since 2011. The share of people born abroad fell by 20 percentage points to just 7.2%, making this a very Australian-born population. Most residents here identify with Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 42.3% and 40.4% of the population respectively. German, Scottish, and Irish backgrounds also feature, with German ancestry at 9.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.2% of people were born overseas, which is among the lowest figures for similar areas and far below the national average of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia (84.9%), with England as the next most common birthplace at 2.2%.
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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40015/flinders/topic/ancestry-heritage