5.3% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gilgai · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gilgai
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.3% of people in Gilgai were born overseas, making it an area with a very low proportion of overseas-born residents. This reflects a population with deep roots in Australia, where the vast majority of people were born locally.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 44.1% and 35.1% of the population respectively. Other notable ancestries include Scottish, Irish and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 5.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales (29.3%) and Australia (27.7%). This proportion has barely changed since 2011, with 80.5% of the community born in Australia.
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 Gilgai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122060/gilgai/topic/ancestry-heritage