35.6% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pennington · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pennington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a third of people in Pennington were born overseas, making it one of the most diverse areas in the region. This international mix is clearly seen in the local community, where Vietnamese heritage is especially prominent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common at 24.4% and 23.6%, while Vietnamese ancestry is a significant part of the local identity at 13.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 35.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far above the South Australian figure of 24.1%. This high proportion of overseas births is reflected in the breakdown, with 11.4% of people born in Vietnam.
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 Pennington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41136/pennington/topic/ancestry-heritage