10.8% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gympie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gympie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common identity in Gympie, where 43.6% of people claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a much smaller proportion of overseas residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent at 43.6% and 43.2% respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, making up 11.5% and 10.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.8% of people in Gympie were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (83%), followed by England at 2.7% and New Zealand at 2.4%.
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 Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31280/gympie/topic/ancestry-heritage