9.8% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gainsborough · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gainsborough
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Gainsborough compared to the rest of the state. Only 9.8% of the population was born outside Australia, which is a huge gap compared to the Victorian figure of 30%. This makes the area much more likely to be home to people born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify with British and Irish roots, with Australian ancestry at 57.4%, English at 29.5%, and Irish at 13.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 9.8%, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population, 75.4%, was 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 Gainsborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20962/gainsborough/topic/ancestry-heritage