8.5% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nyah West · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nyah West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background for people in Nyah West (L), making up 42.5% of the population. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia and has a very small proportion of residents from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the next most common at 32.7%, followed by Irish and Scottish backgrounds, which both sit at 8.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.5% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and has barely changed since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia, while small numbers arrived from South Africa and England.
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 Nyah West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221056/nyah-west/topic/ancestry-heritage