9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gum Scrub · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gum Scrub
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A vast majority of residents in Gum Scrub were born in Australia, with 81.8% of the population born here. This creates a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state and country. Local identities are primarily rooted in Australian, English, and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 51.2% and English at 29.8%. Irish, Scottish, and German heritage also feature, making up 13.2%, 8.3%, and 5.8% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.1% of people were born overseas, which is much lower than most areas and far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.1%.
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 Gum Scrub [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11803/gum-scrub/topic/ancestry-heritage