13.1% —
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nowra - Bomaderry · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nowra - Bomaderry
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Nowra - Bomaderry than in most similar areas, though only 13.1% of the population grew up outside Australia. This reflects a community with deep roots in Australia, England, and Ireland, while the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen since 2016.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestry are the most common, making up 40.8% and 39.8% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish, and German roots follow at 10.0%, 8.9%, and 3.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the share of overseas-born residents rose 3.3 percentage points since 2016 to reach 13.1%, this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people were born in Australia (79.6%), followed by England (3.4%), India (1.3%), New Zealand (1.0%) and the Philippines (0.9%).
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 Nowra - Bomaderry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112015/nowra-bomaderry/topic/ancestry-heritage