14.7% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nangwarry · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nangwarry
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Nangwarry than in the rest of the country. While 14.7% of residents were born abroad, this is well below the South Australian and national figures. British and Irish roots remain the most common ancestral ties in the area.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry, with English roots the next most common at 40.4%, followed by Scottish, Irish and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 14.7% of people born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the national figure. This proportion has risen slightly by 1.0 percentage points since 2011.
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 Nangwarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422036/nangwarry/topic/ancestry-heritage