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Mount Gambier · State Electorate

Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Gambier

Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.

Australian and English ancestries are the most common in Mount Gambier, with 41.3% and 40% of residents claiming these roots. The area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Mount Gambier, State Electorate

Where Mount Gambier sits — People born overseas

10.5% ▼ -50.9%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Gambier — lower than 89% of areas.

Mount Gambier10.5%
Rest of SA 11.6%
South Australia 24.1%
Australia 27.7%

Ancestry

The ancestries people most identify with.

Beyond the strong Australian and English ties, Scottish ancestry is the next most common at 10.4%, followed by Irish (8.5%) and German (7.9%) roots.

Country of birth

Australia and the largest overseas communities.

Only 10.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national 27.7%. This proportion has fallen by 11 percentage points since 2011, with 83.2% of the population now born in Australia.

People born overseas

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10.5% ▼ -50.9%

Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.

Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).

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 Mount Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40033/mount-gambier/topic/ancestry-heritage