20.2% ▲ +26.8%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gosford · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gosford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of people born overseas now live in Gosford, with the share rising by 4.3 percentage points since 2011. While the area remains predominantly Australian and English in its roots, about one in five residents was born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (41%) and Australian (36.9%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Irish at 12.2% and Scottish at 10.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.2% of people in Gosford were born overseas, which is well below the figures for New South Wales (29.3%) and Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (74.3%), with England (4.8%) and New Zealand (2.0%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Gosford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10030/gosford/topic/ancestry-heritage