6.8% ▼ -57.1%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nyngan · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nyngan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Nyngan than in most similar areas. Only 6.8% of the population grew up in another country, which is a far lower figure than the national average. This reflects a strong local lean, with the vast majority of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in Nyngan claim Australian ancestry at 48%, followed by English at 38.3% and Irish at 11.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7%, and it has fallen by 9.1 percentage points since 2011. Currently, 88% of people were born in Australia.
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 Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115113/nyngan/topic/ancestry-heritage