8.2% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nyah West · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nyah West
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 Nyah West, claimed by 41.3% of residents. The area is predominantly born in Australia, with only 8.2% of the population born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 34.2%, followed by Irish (10.7%), Scottish (8.6%) and German (5.3%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (77.1%), with smaller numbers from South Africa, England, Italy and China.
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 Nyah West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21993/nyah-west/topic/ancestry-heritage