6.3% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Quorn · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Quorn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Quorn than in most similar areas. The community is predominantly Australian-born, with a strong British and Irish heritage that defines its local identity.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 40.1% and 38.8% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, each accounting for nearly 10% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.3% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the 27.7% national average and 24.1% for South Australia. This proportion has fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011, with 82% of people 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 Quorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421034/quorn/topic/ancestry-heritage