9.0% ▲ +61.3%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Barkly · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Barkly
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local roots defines Barkly, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia. While overseas arrivals are increasing, the area remains far more Australian-born than most of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each accounting for about 12% of the population, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 21.8% and the national figure of 27.7%. This share has risen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011, with the Philippines and England being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70420/barkly/topic/ancestry-heritage