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Orroroo · Urban Centre

Ancestry & Birthplace in Orroroo

Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.

English ancestry is the most common heritage in Orroroo, where nearly half of the people claim this background. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few residents moving here from overseas.

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📍 Orroroo, Urban Centre

Where Orroroo sits — People born overseas

6.2% ▼ -55.1%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Orroroo — lower than 83% of areas.

Orroroo6.2%
5431, SA 5.6%
South Australia 24.1%
Australia 27.7%

Ancestry

The ancestries people most identify with.

English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, each claimed by about 46% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Irish, German and Scottish heritage.

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Orroroo splits fairly evenly between English (38%) and Australian (37%), with Irish at 8%.

English 47.3% Australian 45.9% Irish 10.5% German 9.7% Scottish 9.3% Dutch 1.4% Italian 0.6%

Country of birth

Australia and the largest overseas communities.

Only 6.2% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the South Australian average of 24.1%. This represents a drop of 7.6 percentage points since 2011, and means the vast majority of people here were born in Australia.

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6.2% ▼ -55.1%

Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.

Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).

Country of birth

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In Orroroo, Australia is the majority at 96%; England is next at 4%.

Australia 85.5% England 3.9%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Orroroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421029/orroroo/topic/ancestry-heritage