11.1% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nanima · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nanima
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 11% of people in Nanima were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The community is predominantly of European descent, with more than half of residents claiming Australian ancestry. Most people here were born in Australia, which is far below the proportions seen across New South Wales and the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 56.3%, followed by English at 34.5%. Other notable groups include Irish at 14.3%, Scottish at 10.3%, and Italian at 4.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 11.1%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (86.1%), with England (3.2%) and China (1.2%) being 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 Nanima [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12902/nanima/topic/ancestry-heritage