4.7% ▼ -65.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gilgering · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gilgering
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 4.7% of people in Gilgering were born overseas, a figure far below the state and national levels. This makes the area much less diverse in its origins than most other parts of Australia. Most residents identify with Australian or English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of the residents claim Australian ancestry (55.3%) or English ancestry (50.6%), while Scottish and Irish roots are also present at 7.1% and 3.5% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national average of 27.7%. About 84.7% of people were born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 7.1%.
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 Gilgering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50543/gilgering/topic/ancestry-heritage