3.8% ▼ -80.1%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gilgandra · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gilgandra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Gilgandra, where 42.2% of residents claim this heritage. The town is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few people moving here from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 36.6%, followed by Irish at 9.7%, Scottish at 7.4%, and German at 3.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.8% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and has fallen 15 points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (84%), with small numbers from England, the Philippines, India and New Zealand.
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 Gilgandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115065/gilgandra/topic/ancestry-heritage