10.7% ▲ +40.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goulburn · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Goulburn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Goulburn compared to the rest of the state, with only 10.7% of the population born outside Australia. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, making Goulburn a place with a very high proportion of Australian-born residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.3% and English at 41.2%, followed by Irish at 13.1% and Scottish at 9.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 83.3% of people were born in Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% for those born overseas. For the remaining residents, the most common birthplaces are England, New Zealand, and India.
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 Goulburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11731/goulburn/topic/ancestry-heritage