12.3% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nar Nar Goon · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Nar Nar Goon, where 43.5% of people claim this background. The area has a strong connection to its roots, with far fewer people born overseas than in the rest of Victoria or Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 38.7%, followed by Scottish (9.5%) and Irish (9.1%) heritage. A smaller group of residents, 6.1%, identify as Dutch.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (80.7%), with the next most common birthplaces being England (3.8%) and India (1.8%).
12.3% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Nar Nar Goon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21878/nar-nar-goon/topic/ancestry-heritage