19.4% ▲ +243.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Googong · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Googong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 10 percentage points fewer people were born overseas in Googong compared to the New South Wales average. While the area remains predominantly Australian and British in heritage, the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen sharply to 19.4% over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestry are the most common, making up 40.8% and 32.3% of the population respectively. Other common ancestries include Irish, Scottish and Italian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas rose 14 points since 2011, though at 19.4% it is still well below the national figure of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are India, England, the Philippines and South Africa.
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 Googong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114012/googong/topic/ancestry-heritage