18.0% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gilmore · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gilmore
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Traditional roots run deep in Gilmore, where almost 80% of residents were born in Australia. It is a community with a strong connection to British and Irish heritage, though the proportion of people born overseas has risen slightly since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (39%) and English (35.4%), followed by Irish at 12.9% and Scottish at 10.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 18% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the ACT figure of 28.7% and well below the national figure of 27.7%. While this is lower than most areas, the share of overseas-born residents rose 2.3 points since 2011.
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 Gilmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801071077/gilmore/topic/ancestry-heritage