13.7% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Palmdale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Palmdale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Palmdale has seen a steady shift in its community makeup over the last decade. While the area remains predominantly Australian and British in origin, the proportion of people born overseas has grown, with 13.7% of residents now born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Many residents claim a blend of heritage, with Australian (44.2%) and English (43.2%) being the most common, followed by Scottish (24.2%) and German (12.6%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 13.7% of people were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 81.1% of the population born in Australia.
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 Palmdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13145/palmdale/topic/ancestry-heritage