Statistics

South Australia's Diversity

Migrants settling in South Australia in the past four and a half years have come from more than 200 different birthplaces.

Tables of arrival statistics based on Australian Bureau of Statistics Census data and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Settlement Database as at August 2006, and since, are available as PDFs from the links below.

For the table showing numbers of overseas-born from most to least, click here.

For the table showing arrivals alphabetically by country of birth, click here.

The population of South Australia is characterised by a great diversity of cultural mores, languages spoken, systems of belief and family types.

Approximately one in five South Australians was born overseas, with about half of this group born in English-speaking countries, and the other half born in countries where English is not the dominant language. Among the groups from non-English speaking countries, the largest communities in the State comprise those born in Europe and those persons born in Vietnam.

The online publication The People of South Australia: Statistics from the 2006 Census contains detailed statistical information on the diversity of the South Australian community. Click here to view the Census report (PDF Version, 6 MB)

PLEASE NOTE: The Report is 477 pages long and 6MB in size. To obtain a copy on CD, please provide your name and mailing details to Multicultural S.A. on (08) 8226 1944 or multiculturalsa@saugov.sa.gov.au

An overview of South Australia's multicultural population as at the 2006 Census can be found on pages 22 and 23 of the Summer 2008 edition of Multicultural Life magazine.

Click here to download the two-page spread (PDF Version, 473 KB).

Click here for the Multicultural Life page.