11.6% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pearcedale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pearcedale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 11.6% of people in Pearcedale were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a community with a much stronger focus on local and traditional roots than most other parts of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 45.4% and 44.5% of residents respectively. Scottish and Irish roots are also present in about 11% to 10% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 84.5% of residents born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born people is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.7%.
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 Pearcedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22050/pearcedale/topic/ancestry-heritage