34.2% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Darwin · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Darwin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Darwin than in most other Australian areas. About 34.2% of the population grew up in another country, making the city far more diverse than the rest of the Northern Territory.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 25.1% and Australian at 24.1%, followed by Irish, Scottish and Chinese backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents rose 7.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 34.2%, which is well above the national figure. While 58% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are the Philippines, India, Nepal and England.
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 Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA71000/darwin/topic/ancestry-heritage