9.6% ▼ -41.4%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Snowtown · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Snowtown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The share of people born overseas in Snowtown has fallen by 6.8 percentage points since 2011. Most residents now trace their roots back to the British Isles, with nearly half of the population claiming Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 49.4% and 39% of the community respectively, followed by Scottish, Irish and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and much lower than most similar areas. The vast majority (80.6%) were 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 Snowtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422048/snowtown/topic/ancestry-heritage