12.4% ▲ +52.1%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nelson · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nelson
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Nelson than in the rest of the country, with only 12.4% of residents arriving from another nation. This gap is much wider than in most areas, though the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 37.3% and English at 33.3%, followed by Irish, Scottish and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.4% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Australian figure and well below the Northern Territory's 21.8%. Most residents were born in Australia (80.7%), with England and New Zealand being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Nelson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70020/nelson/topic/ancestry-heritage