9.7% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Penrice · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Penrice
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Penrice, where 43% of people claim these roots. The area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, while 28.4% of people identify as German. Scottish and Irish heritage are also common, at 10.7% and 10.1% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, followed by England at 3.5%.
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 Penrice [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41139/penrice/topic/ancestry-heritage