7.5% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nerrigundah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nerrigundah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Nerrigundah than in most similar areas, with only 7.5% of the population born outside Australia. This makes the area much less diverse than both the state and the nation, with a heavy lean toward traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in Nerrigundah are Australian (40%), English (35%), and Irish (27.5%), followed by Scottish at 22.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (62.5%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 7.5%.
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 Nerrigundah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12940/nerrigundah/topic/ancestry-heritage