34.8% ▲ +38.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gosford · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gosford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people in Gosford were born overseas than in the rest of the state or country, with 34.8% of residents born abroad. This creates a diverse community where nearly 35% of the population brings backgrounds from across the globe into the area.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, making up 30.2% and 25.6% of the population. Irish, Scottish, and Chinese backgrounds also represent significant parts of the local community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 34.8% born overseas, Gosford is well above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 58.1% were born in Australia, the largest overseas birthgroups are from India, Nepal, the Philippines, and England.
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 Gosford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11728/gosford/topic/ancestry-heritage