8.9% ▼ -46.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Broughton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Broughton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of British and Australian heritage shapes daily life in Port Broughton. Over half the residents claim English ancestry, while 43.5% identify as Australian, reflecting a community with deep ancestral roots in these regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian roots are most common here, with German (9.7%), Irish (7.3%), and Scottish (6.6%) ancestries also playing a part in the local identity.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the South Australian (24.1%) and national (27.7%) rates. This proportion has fallen by 7.7 percentage points since 2011, with 84.1% of residents now born in Australia.
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 Broughton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415036/port-broughton/topic/ancestry-heritage