10.2% ▲ +76.3%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gundagai · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gundagai
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.2% of people in Gundagai were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. While the area remains mostly Australian-born, the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen since 2011. English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are equally common at 42% each. Irish roots follow at 11.9%, with Scottish and Chinese ancestries also appearing in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The number of people born overseas rose 4.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 10.2%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with most residents born in Australia (79.1%) or China (3.4%).
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 Gundagai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115073/gundagai/topic/ancestry-heritage