11.8% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Picton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Picton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Picton, where 46% of people claim these roots. The area has a very strong connection to its British and Australian heritage, with a much smaller proportion of residents born overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, making up 46% and 41.5% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 14.9% and Scottish at 12.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen by 3 percentage points since 2011, with 84.8% 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 Picton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115119/picton/topic/ancestry-heritage