37.3% ▲ +53.5%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lyons · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lyons
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A jump of 13 percentage points in the overseas-born population since 2011 shows that Lyons has become much more international. More than a third of residents were born outside Australia, making it far more diverse than the rest of the Northern Territory.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, though Indian (9.5%) and Chinese (8.1%) backgrounds are also prominent in the area.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 37.3% of people were born overseas, which is well above the national figure and far above the Territory average. India is the most common overseas birthplace at 7.7%.
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 Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021021/lyons/topic/ancestry-heritage