10.5% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nerrena · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nerrena
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just over 10% of people in Nerrena were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. While the community is mostly Australian-born, those with heritage from England, Ireland and Australia make up the strongest ancestry groups.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48.3%, followed by Australian at 30.7% and Irish at 26.1%. Scottish and Dutch backgrounds are also represented in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of people were born in Australia (84.9%), with England and New Zealand as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Nerrena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21915/nerrena/topic/ancestry-heritage