6.0% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gunnedah · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gunnedah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Gunnedah in 2021 compared to ten years ago. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with only 6% of residents arriving from another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (44.2%) or English (35.7%) ancestry. Other common roots include Irish at 10.6% and Scottish at 9.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This is much lower than most areas and has fallen 1.0 percentage point since 2011.
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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114013/gunnedah/topic/ancestry-heritage