9.6% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nar Nar Goon North · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just under 10% of people in Nar Nar Goon North were born overseas, which is far below the national and state figures. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than the rest of Victoria. Most residents here trace their roots back to British and Irish heritage.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 39.3% and 37.4% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish and German heritage also feature prominently.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is 18 percentage points lower than the national figure. While 77.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand and South Africa.
9.6% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 58% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21879/nar-nar-goon-north/topic/ancestry-heritage