28.9% —
Higher than 86% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Other Territories · Capital City
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
In Other Territories, born overseas is well above average.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestry is Australian at 23%, ahead of English (19%).
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
28.9% of residents in Other Territories were born overseas — well above average (above both the Other Territories average of 28.9% and the national 27.7%).
The most common country of birth is Australia at 56%, ahead of New Zealand (7%).
28.9% —
Higher than 86% of capital city areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Other Territories [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/9OTER/other-territories/topic/ancestry-heritage