10.7% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Peterborough · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Peterborough
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Peterborough (L) claim English ancestry, making it a dominant part of the local identity. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born and has seen very little change in its overseas-born population over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 49.1%, followed by Australian at 38.8% and Irish at 25.7%. Smaller groups include Scottish and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, and 86.4% of the population was 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 Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222070/peterborough/topic/ancestry-heritage