9.9% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gwandalan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gwandalan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small proportion of people in Gwandalan were born overseas, a trend that has remained steady over the last decade. Only 9.9% of the population grew up outside Australia, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian and English, each accounting for over 43% of the population. Irish ancestry is also notable at 12.8%, followed by Scottish at 9.7% and German at 3.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born-overseas residents make up 9.9% of the community, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people were born in Australia (86.1%), with the next most common birthplaces being England at 3.0% and New Zealand at 1.4%.
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 Gwandalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11831/gwandalan/topic/ancestry-heritage