14.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gunns Plains · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gunns Plains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much lower proportion of people were born overseas in Gunns Plains compared to the national figure. While 14.9% of residents were born outside Australia, this is far below the Australian average of 27.7%. Most people here have roots in the British Isles or Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, accounting for 46.2% and 34.4% of the population respectively. Scottish, Dutch, and German ancestries are also present.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of overseas-born residents is higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Tasmanian figure of 15.4%. Aside from those born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are England and New Zealand.
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 Gunns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60256/gunns-plains/topic/ancestry-heritage