6.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gelston Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gelston Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few overseas-born residents live in Gelston Park, where 88.8% of people were born in Australia. This creates a community with very strong ties to traditional British and Australian roots, though a small number of residents have origins in other parts of the world.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 53.1% and 43.1% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also seen in about 11% of residents each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. This is much lower than most other similar areas.
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 Gelston Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11601/gelston-park/topic/ancestry-heritage