12.4% ▼ -32.6%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nimbin · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nimbin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A falling number of overseas-born residents has shaped the recent profile of Nimbin, where just 12.4% of people were born abroad. While English and Australian ancestries remain the most common, the area has seen a notable shift in its birthplace makeup over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 35%, followed by Australian (23.6%), Scottish (14.4%) and Irish (13.2%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas fell 6 percentage points since 2011 to 12.4%, a figure that is far below the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) rates. Most residents were born in Australia (60%), with England (3.8%) and New Zealand (2%) 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 Nimbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122098/nimbin/topic/ancestry-heritage