10.5% ▲ +33.1%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Penguin · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Penguin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.5% of people in Penguin were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This community is predominantly Australian and British in origin, with a small but growing number of residents arriving from abroad over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the population identifies as Australian (45.8%) or English (45.6%). Other common roots include Scottish (9.5%) and Irish (9.2%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of overseas-born residents rose 2.6 points since 2011 to reach 10.5%, though this remains well below the Tasmanian figure. Most people here were born in Australia (84.5%), followed by England at 4.3%.
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 Penguin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615016/penguin/topic/ancestry-heritage