9.7% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nhill Region · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nhill Region
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in the Nhill Region than in most similar areas. While the number of overseas-born residents has risen to 9.7% since 2011, the region remains heavily dominated by those with Australian and English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian (40.8%) and English (40.7%), followed by German at 13.8%, Scottish at 10.4%, and Irish at 8.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national average. Most people here were born in Australia (83.5%), though England (1.9%), the Philippines (0.7%), and India (0.6%) are the most common other 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 Nhill Region [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011390/nhill-region/topic/ancestry-heritage