7.0% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gateshead · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gateshead
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Gateshead than in most other similar areas. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia, with a very strong connection to British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English (39.3%), Scottish (10.3%), and Irish (8.8%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.0% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia (87.1%).
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 Gateshead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11598/gateshead/topic/ancestry-heritage