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Pleasant Hills · Suburb / Locality

Ancestry & Birthplace in Pleasant Hills

Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.

English ancestry is the most common background in Pleasant Hills, where 33.1% of people claim this heritage. The community is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents coming from overseas.

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Where Pleasant Hills sits — People born overseas

3.9% ▲ +33.4%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Pleasant Hills — lower than 83% of areas.

Pleasant Hills3.9%
2658, NSW 5.7%
New South Wales 29.3%
Australia 27.7%

Ancestry

The ancestries people most identify with.

Besides English roots, Australian (31.5%) and German (29.1%) ancestries are very common, while 10.2% of people identify as Irish.

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Pleasant Hills splits fairly evenly between English (29%) and Australian (28%), with German at 26%.

English 33.1% Australian 31.5% German 29.1% Irish 10.2% Scottish 6.3% Italian 3.1%

Country of birth

Australia and the largest overseas communities.

Only 3.9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 88.2% of the population.

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3.9% ▲ +33.4%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).

Country of birth

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In Pleasant Hills, Australia is the majority at 100%.

Australia 88.2%

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 Pleasant Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13240/pleasant-hills/topic/ancestry-heritage