1.4% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Poonindie · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian is the most common ancestry in Poonindie, claimed by 41.4% of residents. The area is very traditional in its roots, with the vast majority of people born here and few arrivals from overseas.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Alongside Australian roots, English ancestry is common at 35.2%. Other significant ancestral groups include Irish and German at 6.7% each, and Scottish at 5.7%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 1.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas, with 87.6% of the population born in Australia.
1.4% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Poonindie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41184/poonindie/topic/ancestry-heritage