5.3% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ellangowan · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.3% of people in Ellangowan were born overseas, a figure that reflects a deeply rooted local population. The area is overwhelmingly made up of people with English and Australian ancestry, creating a profile that is far more traditional than the state or national average.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 48.4%, followed closely by Australian at 41.1%. Other notable groups include Irish and German ancestries, both at 13.7%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born-overseas residents make up just 5.3% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (82.1%), with England being the next most common birthplace at 3.2%.
5.3% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Ellangowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30962/ellangowan/topic/ancestry-heritage