18.0% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
South Penrith · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in South Penrith
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in South Penrith compared to the rest of the state, with only 18% of residents born abroad. While the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas, it remains much more Australian-born than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 40.5% and 36.8% of the population. Irish ancestry follows at 10.6%, with Scottish and German roots also listed.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is well below the national figure of 27.7%, and far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (78.1%), followed by England, India, and New Zealand.
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 South Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13612/south-penrith/topic/ancestry-heritage