28.0% ▲ +46.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pakenham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pakenham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 30% of people in Pakenham were born overseas, making it much more diverse than most similar areas. The community is a mix of long-standing Australian and British roots alongside growing migrant groups from India and the Philippines.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, at 33.5% and 32.2%. Other common roots include Scottish (7.7%), Irish (7.6%), and Indian (5.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 28% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most areas and roughly the same as the national figure. India is the most common overseas birthplace at 6%, followed by England at 3.2%.
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 Pakenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22027/pakenham/topic/ancestry-heritage