4.2% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goolma · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Goolma
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.2% of people in Goolma were born overseas, which is far below the national average. Most residents identify with traditional roots, with nearly half claiming Australian ancestry. This creates a community with very few recent arrivals from other countries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 46.3%, followed by English at 31.6%, and both Irish and Scottish at 23.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 4.2% compared to 27.7% nationally. This is reflected in the birthplaces, where 90.5% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Goolma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11713/goolma/topic/ancestry-heritage