19.1% ▲ +355.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Galston · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Galston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An increase of 15 percentage points in overseas-born residents since 2011 ever since the last census marks a shift for Galston. While most people here still claim English or Australian ancestry, nearly one in five residents was born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 43.3% and 38.4%, followed by Scottish, Irish, and Italian backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 19.1% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas but still far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. The vast majority were born in Australia (79.1%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, South Africa, New Zealand and Italy.
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 Galston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115063/galston/topic/ancestry-heritage