10.3% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Victoria · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Victoria
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 Port Victoria, where 40.5% of residents claim this background. The area is predominantly Australian-born, with a small proportion of people from other countries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 40.5% and 35.5% of the population respectively. German (11.8%), Irish (10%), and Scottish (6.5%) heritage also feature in the breakdown.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.3% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the South Australian (24.1%) and national (27.7%) figures. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, with 75.4% of residents 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 Port Victoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422044/port-victoria/topic/ancestry-heritage