7.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pentland Hills · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pentland Hills
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far smaller share of people were born overseas in Pentland Hills than in the rest of Victoria. Only 7.0% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the state and national figures. Most people here trace their roots back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.0%, followed by Australian at 34.8% and Scottish at 15.8%. Irish and Dutch ancestries also feature, making up 9.5% and 5.7% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of the community was born in Australia, accounting for 85.4% of residents. This is far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria, with England being the only other notable birthplace at 2.5%.
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 Pentland Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22058/pentland-hills/topic/ancestry-heritage