6.5% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Northern Areas · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Northern Areas
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The proportion of people born overseas in Northern Areas has fallen to 6.5% since 2011. It is now a region where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia, with very few arrivals from other countries compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (46.3%) or English (42.8%) ancestry, followed by German (10.5%), Irish (10.1%), and Scottish (9.0%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.5% of people here 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, and the share has dropped by 1.0 percentage point 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 Northern Areas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45120/northern-areas/topic/ancestry-heritage