16.5% —
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nambour · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nambour
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 16.5% of people in Nambour were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other Australian regions, with a strong majority of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 45.1%, followed by Australian at 38.7%. Other notable ancestral groups include Irish (12.4%) and Scottish (11.8%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is well below the Queensland figure and rose slightly by 1.1 percentage points since 2016. Most people here were born in Australia (78.9%), with England and New Zealand as the next most common 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 Nambour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316071548/nambour/topic/ancestry-heritage