12.4% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nashua · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nashua
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Nashua compared to the rest of the state. Only 12.4% of the population was born abroad, which is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents here identify with traditional British Isles heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 46.4%, followed by Australian at 28.8% and Irish at 21.3%. Other significant groups include Scottish and German ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The typical resident was born in Australia, accounting for 73.8% of the population. This explains why the overseas-born rate is far below the national figure of 27.7%, with England being the most common foreign birthplace at 4.9%.
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 Nashua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12923/nashua/topic/ancestry-heritage