7.1% ▼ -43.5%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Neill · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.1% of people in Port Neill were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This small community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with deep ancestral roots in the British Isles.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.5% and 41.6% of the population. Scottish, Irish and German roots follow at 11.7%, 7.1% and 5.2% respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen 5.5 points since 2011 to just 7.1%, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1%. About 79.9% of the population was born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.9%.
7.1% ▼ -43.5%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Neill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422043/port-neill/topic/ancestry-heritage