17.2% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Palm Grove · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost half of the people in Palm Grove claim Australian ancestry, making it a predominantly traditional Australian community. Most residents were born here or in the UK, with few people born in other parts of the world.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is very common here at 42.5%, while Scottish and Irish roots are less frequent at 6.9% and 4.6% respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 17.2% of people were born overseas—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%.
17.2% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Palm Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13144/palm-grove/topic/ancestry-heritage