30.2% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nowergup · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nowergup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 30.2% of people in Nowergup were born overseas, which is a little above the national figure. This mix of backgrounds contributes to a community where more than a third of residents claim English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 35.4% and Australian at 32.8%, followed by Irish at 9.5% and Scottish at 6.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 59.3% of residents were born in Australia, those born overseas make up a much higher proportion of the population than in most similar areas. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 15.3%.
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 Nowergup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51162/nowergup/topic/ancestry-heritage