30.5% —
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Palmerston - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Palmerston - South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A mix of global backgrounds shapes daily life in Palmerston - South, where 30.5% of people were born overseas. This diversity is most visible in the strong Filipino presence, which appears in both the birthplace and ancestry data.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestry are most common, making up 30.9% and 25.8% of the population respectively. Filipino ancestry is also prominent at 11.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has risen 4.2 percentage points since 2016 to 30.5%. This is well above the Northern Territory figure of 21.8% and a little above the 27.7% national average. The Philippines is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.7%.
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 Palmerston - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701041042/palmerston-south/topic/ancestry-heritage