17.3% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gawler South · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gawler South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Gawler South than in most similar areas. However, the area remains far more Australian-born than the national figure, with 77.7% of residents born here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 53.5%, followed by Australian at 36.6% and Scottish at 10.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 17.3% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and far below the Australian average of 27.7%. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 10.2%.
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 Gawler South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40479/gawler-south/topic/ancestry-heritage