4.5% ▲ +60.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nankin · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nankin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Nankin compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.5% of the population was born outside Australia, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in Nankin claim English (50.6%) or Australian (49.4%) ancestry. Other common ancestral roots include Scottish, Irish, and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, at 85.2%. The percentage of overseas-born residents is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%.
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 Nankin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32105/nankin/topic/ancestry-heritage