7.6% ▼ -33.6%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Owen · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Owen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of colonial heritage defines daily life in Owen (L), where nearly half of the residents claim English ancestry. The area is remarkably homogenous, with the vast majority of people born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 49.4% and 46.2% of the population respectively, followed by German at 12.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national rate of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen 3.8 percentage points since 2011, with 85.7% 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 Owen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422038/owen/topic/ancestry-heritage