15.0% ▲ +44.5%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tennant Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tennant Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Tennant Creek than in the rest of the country. Only 15% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that is far below the national average. This makes the area much less internationally diverse than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 15.1% and English at 14.7%. Other notable groups include Irish, Scottish, and Filipino residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 75.7% of people were born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose 4.6 percentage points since 2011. This 15% share is well below the Northern Territory figure of 21.8%.
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 Tennant Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702021056/tennant-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage