12.0% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gympie · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gympie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Gympie compared to most other areas. Only 12% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that has dropped since 2011 and is now much lower than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 44.4% and 40.7% of the population respectively. Other frequent ancestries include Irish at 11.2% and Scottish at 11.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12% of people in Gympie were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion fell 3.9 points since 2011, with 80.4% of the population now born in 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 Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30032/gympie/topic/ancestry-heritage