2.5% ▼ -76.3%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gawler · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gawler
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 2.5% of people in Gawler (L) (Tas.) were born overseas, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011. This makes it one of the least internationally diverse areas in the region, with a population overwhelmingly born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian ancestry at 55.2%, followed by English at 43.3%. Other common ancestries include Irish (11.9%), Scottish (11.2%), and German (2.9%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas fell 8.1 percentage points since 2011 to just 2.5%. This is far below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 93.5% of the population 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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622011/gawler/topic/ancestry-heritage