6.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Owens Gap · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Owens Gap
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Half of the people in Owens Gap claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. The community is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, accounting for 50% and 45% of residents. Other groups include Irish at 13.8%, German at 7.5%, and Scottish at 6.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 98.8% of the population 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 Owens Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13116/owens-gap/topic/ancestry-heritage