10.4% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ardrossan · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ardrossan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About one in ten people born overseas live in Ardrossan, which is around the middle for similar areas. This makes the town's overseas-born population much lower than the figures for South Australia and Australia. Strong roots in the British Isles are evident, with nearly half of residents claiming Australian ancestry and 42% claiming English descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 46.8% and English at 42%, followed by German (10.1%), Scottish (9.3%), and Irish (5.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.4% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen 6.1 percentage points since 2011. Most people were born in Australia (81.5%), while the next most common birthplaces are England (5.6%) and the Philippines (0.7%).
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 Ardrossan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421001/ardrossan/topic/ancestry-heritage