25.4% ▲ +107.1%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nelly Bay · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nelly Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A little over a quarter of people in Nelly Bay were born overseas, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas. This mix of backgrounds has shifted quickly, with the overseas-born population growing by 13 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.2%, followed by Australian at 31.3% and Irish at 16.1%. Scottish and German ancestries also make up a combined 17.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 25.4% of residents were born overseas, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 22.7%. While 64.1% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England at 8.6% and New Zealand at 3.8%.
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 Nelly Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315075/nelly-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage