3.9% ▲ +74.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Barkly · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Barkly
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small rise in the share of people born overseas has occurred in Barkly since 2011. While 91.8% of the population was born in Australia, the area remains far less diverse in its origins than the rest of the territory.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, each accounting for 11.5% of the population, followed by Scottish at 3.3% and Irish at 3.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.9% of people here were born overseas, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and far below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion rose 1.6 percentage points since 2011, with New Zealand and England being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702021055/barkly/topic/ancestry-heritage