13.3% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Peelwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Peelwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Peelwood than the national figure, with only 13.3% of residents arriving from another country. This creates a strong local profile of Australian-born residents, complemented by deep roots in English, Australian, and Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48.9%, followed by Australian at 40.0%, with Irish and Scottish roots each accounting for 20.0% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 13.3% of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia, making up 97.8% of the area.
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 Peelwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13186/peelwood/topic/ancestry-heritage