43.7% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gosnells · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gosnells
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people were born overseas in Gosnells compared to the rest of the country. While 27.7% of Australians were born abroad, that figure jumps to 43.7% here, marking it as one of the most internationally diverse areas at this level.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 27.9% and Australian at 22.4%. Other significant groups include Chinese (9.3%), Indian (6.6%), and Scottish (5.8%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 44% of residents were born overseas, a figure that rose 6.0 percentage points since 2011. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 32.2%, with the largest overseas groups coming from India (6.1%) and England (5.3%).
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 Gosnells [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50604/gosnells/topic/ancestry-heritage