8.8% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Augusta · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Augusta
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few residents in Port Augusta were born outside Australia, with only 8.8% of the population coming from overseas. This creates a community where a huge majority shares a common birthplace, and most people trace their roots back to British and Irish origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 37.7% and 32.4% of the people. Other common roots include Irish at 7.7%, Scottish at 6.4%, and German at 6.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has fallen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011. At 8.8%, this figure is far below the South Australian rate of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Port Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL413003/port-augusta/topic/ancestry-heritage