22.9% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
East Gosford · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in East Gosford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much higher proportions of overseas-born residents live in East Gosford than in most similar areas. While 22.9% of the population was born abroad, this is still well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 40.3%, followed by Australian at 34.7% and Irish at 13.7%. Scottish and Chinese ancestries also feature, at 10.8% and 3.1% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia (72.4%), though those born overseas often come from England (4.7%), New Zealand (1.9%), India (1.8%) and the Philippines (1.4%).
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 East Gosford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11352/east-gosford/topic/ancestry-heritage