6.5% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goolgowi · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Goolgowi
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Goolgowi compared to the rest of the state. Only 6.5% of residents were born outside Australia, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This creates a community with very strong ties to local and traditional British roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry at 46.9%, followed by English (27.9%), Irish (10.1%), and Scottish (7.7%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people were born in Australia (78.6%), meaning the overseas-born population is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Goolgowi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11711/goolgowi/topic/ancestry-heritage