2.8% ▲ +49.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nelsons Plains · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nelsons Plains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common roots for people in Nelsons Plains, with both claiming 42.3% of the population. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents, as most people here were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond the strong Australian and English ties, Scottish ancestry is the next most common at 12.6%, followed by Irish at 8.6% and German at 4.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 2.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority were born in Australia (86.8%), with small numbers from England and New Zealand.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Nelsons Plains
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Nelsons Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12933/nelsons-plains/topic/ancestry-heritage