11.3% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nerong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nerong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 11.3% of people in Nerong were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than the rest of New South Wales or Australia. The community is overwhelmingly rooted in Australian and British heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 37.5% and English at 34.5%. Irish and Scottish roots each account for 10.7% of the population, while German ancestry makes up 5.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most of the population was born in Australia, at 77.4%. Compared to the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below, with England and New Zealand as the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Nerong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12938/nerong/topic/ancestry-heritage