8.7% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Peterborough · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Peterborough
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Peterborough compared to most similar areas. With only 8.7% of the population born outside Australia, the area is much less diverse than the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48.4%, followed by Australian at 37.6% and Irish at 20.2%. Scottish and German ancestries also make up a small part of the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of people were born in Australia, while 1.9% were born in England.
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 Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22062/peterborough/topic/ancestry-heritage