15.3% ▲ +42.1%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Katherine · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Katherine
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Katherine compared to the rest of the country, with only 15.3% born abroad. While this is lower than the national and state figures, the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
About 30% of residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 24.3%, Irish at 7.6%, Scottish at 6.8% and German at 4.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The typical person born overseas in Katherine comes from the Philippines (2.5%), Nepal (1.6%) or New Zealand (1.6%). Overall, the overseas-born population is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below the Northern Territory's 21.8%.
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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72200/katherine/topic/ancestry-heritage