19.3% ▲ +125.5%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Penneshaw · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Penneshaw
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An increase of 11 percentage points in the overseas-born population since 2011 has changed the face of Penneshaw. While English and Australian ancestries remain the most common, the proportion of people born outside Australia has risen to 19.3%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 49.4%, followed by Australian at 37.5% and Scottish at 15.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.3% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, although this is well below the figures for South Australia and Australia. Most residents were born in Australia (71.4%) or England (9.7%).
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 Penneshaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422040/penneshaw/topic/ancestry-heritage