9.8% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Penwortham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Penwortham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian is the most common ancestry in Penwortham, where 44.8% of people claim this heritage. The area has a very strong British and Irish influence, with the vast majority of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common here at 41.1%, followed by Irish at 12.3% and German at 8.0%. Scottish ancestry accounts for 7.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country. This is reflected in the birthplace data, with 84.0% of residents born in Australia.
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 Penwortham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41140/penwortham/topic/ancestry-heritage