8.1% ▲ +163.0%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Penshurst · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Penshurst
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Penshurst than in the rest of Victoria. Only 8.1% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a huge gap compared to the state figure of 30%. This keeps the area very traditional in its roots, with strong ties to British and Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 41.5% and 39.9%, followed by Scottish (15.9%) and Irish (15.5%). German ancestry is also present for 8.8% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than most areas, it has risen 5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 8.1%. Most people here were born in Australia (84.3%), with smaller groups from England (2.0%) and India (1.0%).
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 Penshurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222069/penshurst/topic/ancestry-heritage