4.1% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
West Arnhem · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in West Arnhem
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.1% of people in West Arnhem were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the region one of the least internationally diverse areas in the country, with a population overwhelmingly born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries reported are English at 6.9% and Australian at 6.5%, followed by Irish, Scottish and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 91.1% of residents born in Australia, the share of overseas-born people is far below the Northern Territory's 21.8%. This figure has barely changed since 2011, when it sat at 3.9%.
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 West Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA74660/west-arnhem/topic/ancestry-heritage