13.0% ▲ +158.6%
Lower than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nowra - Bomaderry · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nowra - Bomaderry
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 Nowra - Bomaderry compared to the rest of the country, with only 13% born outside Australia. This creates a community with very strong traditional roots, as the vast majority of residents claim Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.3% and English at 40.4%, followed by Irish at 10.2% and Scottish at 9.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 80.2% of people were born in Australia, the share of overseas-born residents has risen by 7.9 percentage points since 2011. At 13%, this figure is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Nowra - Bomaderry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1026/nowra-bomaderry/topic/ancestry-heritage