7.0% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Numurkah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Numurkah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady mix of traditional roots remains the norm in Numurkah, where nearly 43% of people claim Australian ancestry. The town is far more likely to be born in Australia than the state or national average, with only 7% of residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The strongest roots are Australian (43.2%) and English (42.3%), followed by Irish at 12.2% and Scottish at 10.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7% 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 (82.6%), while the next most common birthplaces are England (2%) and New Zealand (1%).
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 Numurkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21984/numurkah/topic/ancestry-heritage