20.9% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gray · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gray
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher proportion of people in Gray were born overseas than in most similar areas. While 20.9% of residents were born abroad, this is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 28.7% and English at 27.5%. Other notable groups include Irish, Scottish, and Filipino ancestors.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.9% of people were born overseas, which is about the same as the Northern Territory's 21.8%. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are the Philippines (4.4%), England (1.9%), and New Zealand (1.9%).
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 Gray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70112/gray/topic/ancestry-heritage