13.2% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Peak Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Peak Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Peak Hill compared to the rest of the country. Only 13.2% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a much lower figure than the national average. Most people here identify with Australian, English, or Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian is the most common ancestry at 22.3%, followed by English at 15.7% and Scottish at 9.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 13.2%, the share of overseas-born residents is far below the 32.2% seen in Western Australia and the 27.7% national figure. Nearly half of all residents were born in Australia, while England and New Zealand are the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Peak Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51218/peak-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage