9.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gongolgon · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Gongolgon than in the wider state or nation. This sparsely populated area is dominated by those born in Australia, though a diverse range of ancestries is still present among the residents.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as Australian, while other common ancestries include Chinese at 12.9%, and English, Irish, and Scottish each at 9.7%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 9.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%.
9.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Gongolgon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11700/gongolgon/topic/ancestry-heritage