7.9% ▼ -37.6%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gunbower · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gunbower
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Gunbower between 2011 and 2021, with the share falling by 4.8 percentage points. Most residents now claim Australian or English ancestry, and only 7.9% of the population was born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 47.5% and 39.3%, followed by Scottish and Irish roots. A smaller number of people identify as Filipino.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 7.9% of residents born overseas is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia, while the Philippines and England are the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Gunbower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222031/gunbower/topic/ancestry-heritage