14.9% ▲ +72.1%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gnowangerup · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gnowangerup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestry are the most common roots for people in Gnowangerup, making up over 80% of the community. While the area remains heavily dominated by these origins, there has been a noticeable increase in people born overseas in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian (43.5%) and English (40.2%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Scottish (9.0%) and Irish (7.1%). A smaller group of people identify as Filipino (4.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.9% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. However, this number has risen 6.2 percentage points since 2011, with the Philippines now the most common birthplace outside Australia at 4.1%.
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 Gnowangerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53640/gnowangerup/topic/ancestry-heritage