10.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gowan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gowan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong English heritage defines Gowan, where over 63% of people claim this ancestry. The community is overwhelmingly born in Australia, reflecting a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 63.2% and 23.7% of the population. Irish and German heritage follow at 7.9% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This is consistent with the fact that 92.1% of the population was 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 Gowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11733/gowan/topic/ancestry-heritage