23.9% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gowanbrae · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gowanbrae
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Gowanbrae compared to the rest of the state. While nearly a quarter of the population was born abroad, this is well below the Victorian and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 24.2% and 23.9% respectively, followed by Italian at 18.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 23.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the 30% seen across Victoria. Most residents were born in Australia (73.3%), with the next most common birthplaces being India, Italy, and China.
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 Gowanbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21079/gowanbrae/topic/ancestry-heritage