20.4% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gordon Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gordon Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A gap of over 7 percentage points separates Gordon Park from the national figure for overseas births, though it remains a diverse place. About one in five residents was born in another country, and English and Australian are the most common ancestries here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 40%, followed by Australian at 34.9% and Irish at 17.6%. Scottish and German ancestries are also common, at 12.7% and 6.3% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 20.4% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the Queensland rate of 22.7% and well below the Australian figure of 27.7%.
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 Gordon Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31210/gordon-park/topic/ancestry-heritage