20.9% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gymea · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gymea
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for those in Gymea, where 37.7% of people claim this heritage. The area is mostly made up of people with British and Irish roots, while about one in five residents were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 37.7% and 34.5% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Irish (13.4%), Scottish (9.2%) and Italian (5.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.9% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the figures for New South Wales (29.3%) and Australia (27.7%).
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 Gymea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11833/gymea/topic/ancestry-heritage