Editing Adelaide (section)

=== Ancestry and immigration ===
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|+ Country of Birth (2021)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/4GADE|title=2021 Greater Adelaide, Census Community Profiles |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>
! Birthplace{{NoteTag|In accordance with the Australian Bureau of Statistics source, England, Scotland, [[Mainland China]] and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and [[Macau]] are listed separately}} !! Population
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| [[Australia]] ||953,200
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| [[England]] ||78,486 <!-- England and Scotland are listed separately as per the source. Do not combine -->
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| [[India]] || 42,933
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| [[Mainland China]] || 24,921 <!-- Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau SARs are listed separately as per the source. Do not combine -->
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| [[Vietnam]] || 16,564
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| [[Italy]] || 15,667
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| [[Philippines]] ||12,826
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| [[New Zealand]] ||10,238
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| [[Scotland]] ||9,381
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| [[Malaysia]] ||8,509
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| [[Afghanistan]] ||7,909
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| [[Germany]] ||7,680
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| [[Greece]] ||7,590
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| [[Nepal]] ||7,055
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| [[South Africa]] ||6,983
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| [[Pakistan]] ||5,432
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| [[Iran]] ||5,147
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[[File:Adelaide Chinatown.jpg|thumb|A [[paifang]] at the entrance of [[Chinatown, Adelaide|Chinatown]] on Moonta Street in the [[Adelaide Central Market|Central Market precinct]]]]

At the 2021 census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were:<ref name="auto"/> <!-- Only ancestries with >1% are listed. -->
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* [[English Australians|English]] (35.7%)
* Australian (29.2%){{NoteTag|The Australian Bureau of Statistics has stated that most who nominate "Australian" as their ancestry are part of the [[Anglo-Celtic Australian|Anglo-Celtic]] group.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/49f609c83cf34d69ca2569de0025c182!OpenDocument|title = Feature Article – Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Australia (Feature Article) |author = [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |website=abs.gov.au |date = January 1995 |access-date=16 June 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160420205113/http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/49f609c83cf34d69ca2569de0025c182%21OpenDocument|archive-date=20 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
* [[Scottish Australians|Scottish]] (7.9%)
* [[Irish Australians|Irish]] (7.5%)
* [[Italian Australians|Italian]] (7.1%)
* [[German Australians|German]] (6.3%)
* [[Chinese Australians|Chinese]] (4.5%)
* [[Indian Australians|Indian]] (3.3%)
* [[Greek Australian|Greek]] (2.9%)
* [[Vietnamese Australians|Vietnamese]] (1.7%)
* [[Aboriginal Australians|Australian Aboriginal]] (1.6%){{refn|group="N"|Those who nominated their ancestry as "Australian Aboriginal". Does not include [[Torres Strait Islanders]]. This relates to nomination of ancestry and is distinct from persons who identify as Indigenous (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander) which is a separate question.}}
* [[Dutch Australians|Dutch]] (1.6%)
* [[Filipino Australians|Filipino]] (1.4%)
* [[Polish Australians|Polish]] (1.3%)
}}

Overseas-born Adelaideans composed 31.3% of the total population at the 2021 census. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from England (5.7%), India (3.1%), [[Mainland China]] (1.8%), Vietnam (1.2%) and Italy (1.1%).<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/4GADE|title=2021 Greater Adelaide, Census All persons QuickStats |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>

Suburbs including [[Newton, South Australia|Newton]], [[Payneham, South Australia|Payneham]] and [[Campbelltown, South Australia|Campbelltown]] in the east and [[Torrensville, South Australia|Torrensville]], [[West Lakes, South Australia|West Lakes]] and [[Fulham, South Australia|Fulham]] to the west, have large [[Greek Australian|Greek]] and [[Italian Australian|Italian]] communities. The Italian consulate is located in the western suburb of [[Hindmarsh, South Australia|Hindmarsh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://protocol.dfat.gov.au/Public/Consulates/97/State/5|title=Foreign embassies and consulates in Australia - Consulate of Italy (SA) |website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=19 April 2024}}</ref> Large [[Vietnamese Australian|Vietnamese]] populations are settled in the north-western suburbs of [[Woodville, South Australia|Woodville]], [[Kilkenny, South Australia|Kilkenny]], [[Pennington, South Australia|Pennington]], [[Mansfield Park, South Australia|Mansfield Park]] and [[Athol Park, South Australia|Athol Park]] and also [[Parafield Gardens, South Australia|Parafield Gardens]] and [[Pooraka, South Australia|Pooraka]] in Adelaide's north. Migrants from [[Indian Australian|India]] and [[Sri Lankan Australian|Sri Lanka]] have settled into inner suburban areas of Adelaide including the inner northern suburbs of [[Blair Athol, South Australia|Blair Athol]], [[Kilburn, South Australia|Kilburn]] and [[Enfield, South Australia|Enfield]] and the inner southern suburbs of [[Plympton, South Australia|Plympton]], [[Park Holme, South Australia|Park Holme]] and [[Kurralta Park, South Australia|Kurralta Park]].{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Suburbs such as [[Para Hills, South Australia|Para Hills]], [[Salisbury, South Australia|Salisbury]], [[Ingle Farm, South Australia|Ingle Farm]] and [[Blair Athol, South Australia|Blair Athol]] in the north and [[Findon, South Australia|Findon]], [[West Croydon, South Australia|West Croydon]] and [[Seaton, South Australia|Seaton]] and other Western suburbs have sizeable [[Afghan Australian|Afghan]] communities. [[Chinese Australian|Chinese migrants]] favour settling in the eastern and north eastern suburbs including [[Kensington Gardens, South Australia|Kensington Gardens]], [[Greenacres, South Australia|Greenacres]], [[Modbury, South Australia|Modbury]] and [[Golden Grove, South Australia|Golden Grove]]. [[Mawson Lakes, South Australia|Mawson Lakes]] has a large international student population, due to its proximity to the [[University of South Australia]] campus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zysk |first=Ania |year=2005 |title=Network Mawson Lakes: International and Local Links |url=https://isana.proceedings.com.au/docs/2005/papers%20(pdf)/fri_1030_zysk.pdf#:~:text=Mawson%20Lakes%20is%20the%20main%20campus%20for%20the,approximately%201%20400%20of%20those%20are%20international%20students. |access-date=10 May 2024 |website=Isana Conference Proceedings |page=2 |quote=There are around 5 147 students and approximately 1 400 of those are international students.}}</ref>

At the 2021 census, 1.7% of Adelaide's population identified as being [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] — [[Aboriginal Australians]] and [[Torres Strait Islanders]].{{refn|group="N"|Indigenous identification is separate to the ancestry question on the Australian Census and persons identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander may identify any ancestry.}}<ref name="auto1"/>