3.7% ▲ +90.3%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Roper Gulf · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Roper Gulf
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian is the most common ancestry in Roper Gulf, which makes up 7.1% of the population. This region is overwhelmingly born in Australia and has a very low proportion of overseas residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian is the most common ancestry at 7.1%, followed by English at 6% and Irish at 2.4%. Other common ancestries include Scottish and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.7% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7%. While this is among the lowest rates for similar areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents did rise 1.8 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 Roper Gulf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA73600/roper-gulf/topic/ancestry-heritage