2.7% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gannawarra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gannawarra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional roots defines Gannawarra, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia. This local profile remains far more home-grown than the rest of the state, with very few people arriving from overseas in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry at 49.1%, followed by English at 41.8% and Irish at 12.7%. Smaller groups include Greek and Scottish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 2.7% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (90.9%), while the Philippines is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.7%.
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 Gannawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20963/gannawarra/topic/ancestry-heritage