12.3% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nelligen · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nelligen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 12.3% of people in Nelligen were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than the wider state. Most residents identify with roots in the British Isles and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.9% and 34.3% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 17.8% and 11.8% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 81.2% of the population born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is 17 points lower than the New South Wales average. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.8%, followed by New Zealand at 1.0%.
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 Nelligen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12929/nelligen/topic/ancestry-heritage