7.8% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Pirie · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Pirie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Port Pirie compared to the rest of the country. Only 7.8% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This pattern has remained steady over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, each accounting for about 42% of the population. Irish, Scottish, and German roots follow at around 7% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 85.9% of people born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1%. This has barely changed since 2011, when the figure was 8.5%.
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 Pirie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL413005/port-pirie/topic/ancestry-heritage