6.6% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gulgong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gulgong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Gulgong, where 44.9% of people claim these roots. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country, with the vast majority of people born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is also very common at 43.7%, while Irish, Scottish and German heritage are reported by smaller groups of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (84.3%), followed by small numbers from England, New Zealand, the Philippines 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 Gulgong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11800/gulgong/topic/ancestry-heritage