6.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gurra Gurra · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Gurra Gurra, where 40.4% of people claim this heritage. The area has a very strong connection to its Australian and European roots, with a small proportion of residents born overseas.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, and German are the most common ancestries, making up 40.4%, 31.7%, and 17.3% of the population. Scottish and Filipino heritage are also represented at 10.6% and 8.7% respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia, at 80.8%, while 3.8% were born in England.
6.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Gurra Gurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40543/gurra-gurra/topic/ancestry-heritage