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Figure 6.10: Top Ten Countries of Birth Outside of Australia, 2011
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Data Source:
ABS Basic Community Profile 2011 for the Cities of Port Adelaide Enfield, Charles Sturt, West Torrens and Greater Adelaide
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The counties shown are the top ten countries of birth outside of Australia for the Western Adelaide region, with comparative data then generated for
each member Council and Greater Adelaide. These ten countries are not necessarily the top ten countries in each Council. It should be noted that the
ABS has a standard list of countries in the Census and excludes are large number of countries, including those in Africa and South America, and
therefore a large number of responses in each jurisdiction is “born elsewhere”.
2 Based upon ‘place of enumeration’
- the place at which the person was counted on Census Night.
3 Defined using the State Government Western Adelaide Region boundary (i.e. the population of Port Adelaide Enfield (west), Charles Sturt and West
Torrens)
6.2.5. Summary
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The Study Area has high and increasing proportions of residents born overseas.
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Key countries of birth are Italy, Vietnam, India, Greece, China and the Philippines.
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The region has an above average Indigenous population.
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Port Adelaide Enfield has the largest overseas born and Indigenous populations.
6.3.
English Proficiency and Languages Spoken at Home
The following charts (
Figures 6.11 to 6.14)
summarise data regarding languages spoken at home and
proficiency in English. Supporting data tables are found in Section 1.2 of
Appendix C
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6.3.1. Speak English only
At the 2011 Census, 68% of the Study Area’s population spoke English only, which was 10% lower than
the rate across Greater Adelaide of 78%. There was consistency across the region with this
characteristic, with West Torrens having the smallest proportion of its population speaking English only
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Port Adelaide
Enfield
Charles Sturt
West Torrens Western Adelaide Greater Adelaide
Percentage of Population
United Kingdom
Italy
Vietnam
India
Greece
China
Philippines
New Zealand
Germany
Poland
