5.5% ▲ +40.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pelican · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pelican
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common in Pelican, with 47.1% and 46.8% of residents claiming these roots. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with only 5.5% of people born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The community has strong roots in the UK and Ireland, with 11.1% identifying as Irish and 10% as Scottish. German ancestry is also present at 4.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia (90.3%), followed by England at 1.9% and New Zealand at 1.1%.
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 Pelican [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13189/pelican/topic/ancestry-heritage