20.0% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nambung · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nambung
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people were born overseas in Nambung than in most similar areas. While 20% of the population grew up outside Australia, this is still well below the national figure of 27.7%. English and Italian roots are common here, with 88% and 16% of residents claiming those ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common in Nambung at 88%, followed by Australian at 24% and Italian at 16%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 20% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas, this is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most people were born in Australia (84%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 12%.
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 Nambung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51077/nambung/topic/ancestry-heritage