10.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gillingarra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gillingarra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Gillingarra claim Australian ancestry, making it a place with deep local roots. Most residents were born here or in the UK, with only 10.2% of the population born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 44.9% and English at 26.5%. Irish and Dutch backgrounds each make up 8.2% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority were born in Australia (81.6%), followed by England (12.2%) and New Zealand (6.1%).
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 Gillingarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50545/gillingarra/topic/ancestry-heritage