10.3% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gooburrum · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The makeup of Gooburrum has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong core of Australian and British roots. Most people here were born in Australia, and the typical resident identifies with English or Australian ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 41.6% and 40.6% of the population respectively. Scottish, German, and Irish roots are also prominent in the community.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.3% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the Queensland (22.7%) and national (27.7%) figures. This means 87.5% of residents were born in Australia, with England the most common overseas birthplace at 3.1%.
10.3% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Gooburrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31183/gooburrum/topic/ancestry-heritage