6.3% ▲ —
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maralinga Tjarutja · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Maralinga Tjarutja
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian-born residents make up 94.8% of the population in Maralinga Tjarutja. This sparsely populated area has a very small proportion of people born overseas, though that figure has risen since the last census. English and Irish ancestries are the most common listed, each at 5.2%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Irish ancestries are the most frequent, both at 5.2%, followed by German ancestry at 3.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas, although the proportion rose by 6.3 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 Maralinga Tjarutja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44000/maralinga-tjarutja/topic/ancestry-heritage