6.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pentland · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pentland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6% of people in Pentland were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Most residents here have deep roots in the area, with the vast majority born in Australia. This makes the town's population much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other Australian areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 50%, followed by Australian at 34.3%. Scottish, Irish, and German roots also make up a small part of the local heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 82.3% of people born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Of those born abroad, England is the most common origin at 5.2%.
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 Pentland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32295/pentland/topic/ancestry-heritage