5.4% ▲ +47.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gunbower · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gunbower
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small number of people born overseas live in Gunbower, where the proportion has barely changed since 2011. This is a very traditional community, with 83.2% of residents born in Australia and a strong connection to British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian, English, Scottish, and Irish ancestries are the most common, with Australian and English making up the vast majority at 45.8% and 41.7% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
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 Gunbower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21117/gunbower/topic/ancestry-heritage