6.1% ▲ +38.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nene Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nene Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady mix of traditional heritage continues to shape Nene Valley, where English and Australian ancestries remain the most common. Very few residents were born outside Australia, making it a place with a much lower proportion of overseas-born people than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 40.4%, followed closely by Australian at 38.4% and Scottish at 19.2%. Irish and German roots are also present in about 9.1% and 7.1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national rate of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia, accounting for 87.9%.
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 Nene Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41018/nene-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage