27.9% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wanguri · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wanguri
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An increasing number of overseas-born residents now live in Wanguri, where 27.9% of people were born in another country. This figure has risen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011, making the area more diverse than the Northern Territory average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in the area are Australian (26.1%) and English (23.9%), followed by Irish, Scottish, and Greek backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 27.9% of people here were born overseas, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 21.8% and about the same as the national average. The most frequent birthplaces outside Australia are the Philippines, India, England, and New Zealand.
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 Wanguri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021029/wanguri/topic/ancestry-heritage