19.7% ▼ -59.7%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Penrith · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Penrith
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Penrith compared to the state average, with only 19.7% born abroad. Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, though the area has seen a sharp drop in its overseas-born population over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 36.8% and 35.3% respectively. Other notable groups include Irish at 10.8%, Scottish at 8.4%, and German at 3.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 19.7% of people were born overseas, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. This represents a big shift since 2011, when the overseas-born population was 48.9%.
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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10066/penrith/topic/ancestry-heritage