20.3% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gowrie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gowrie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A diverse mix of cultural backgrounds shapes daily life in Gowrie, where roughly one in five people were born overseas. While the area has a strong connection to British and Irish roots, it is much less diverse in its birthplaces than the wider ACT or the rest of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (38.7%) or English (38.1%) ancestry, while Irish (13.2%) and Scottish (11.1%) roots are also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.3% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the figures for both the ACT and Australia.
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 Gowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80065/gowrie/topic/ancestry-heritage