5.5% ▼ -74.1%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gwoja · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gwoja
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A sharp drop in the number of overseas-born residents defines the recent history of Gwoja, where only 5.5% of people were born outside Australia. This figure is far below the national average and represents a significant shift in the community's makeup over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries reported are Australian at 7.6% and English at 7.1%, followed by Scottish, Irish and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Very few residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Northern Territory's 21.8% and Australia's 27.7%. This proportion fell 16 points since 2011, with 86.8% 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 Gwoja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70014/gwoja/topic/ancestry-heritage