9.6% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gibson · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gibson
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 9.6% of people in Gibson were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The local population is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with English and Scottish heritage remaining the most common ancestral roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most frequent, making up 43.1% and 39.2% of the population respectively. Scottish (9.9%) and Irish (6.9%) roots are also common here.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas birth rates are far below the national figure of 27.7% and the state's 32.2%, with only 9.6% born outside Australia. Most residents were born in Australia (75.4%), followed by England (4.2%) and New Zealand (3.2%).
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 Gibson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50539/gibson/topic/ancestry-heritage