8.6% ▲ +68.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gooloogong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gooloogong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local roots defines Gooloogong, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia. Only 8.6% of the population was born overseas, making the area much less diverse in its origins than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, accounting for 46.3% and 42.6% of residents respectively. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also frequent, making up 14.2% and 10.5% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 81.9% of people born in Australia, the overseas-born population is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Among those born abroad, the Philippines is the most common birthplace at 2.0%.
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 Gooloogong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11715/gooloogong/topic/ancestry-heritage