12.5% ▲ +113.0%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Riverton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Riverton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots are most common in Riverton (L), with 44.9% and 38.5% of residents claiming these ancestries. While the area remains predominantly Australian-born, the proportion of people born overseas has more than doubled since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, Scottish, Irish and German are the most common ancestral backgrounds here. These five groups make up the vast majority of the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 12.5% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure rose 6.6 percentage points since 2011, though it remains far below the South Australian and national figures.
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 Riverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421035/riverton/topic/ancestry-heritage