20.0% ▲ +33.0%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Alice Springs · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Alice Springs
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle for similar areas, Alice Springs has a diverse mix of backgrounds with 20% of people born overseas. While most residents share English or Australian ancestry, there has been a steady increase in people moving to the area from other countries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 21% and 20.5% respectively, followed by Irish at 7.2% and Scottish at 5.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of overseas-born residents rose 5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 20%. This is a little below the Northern Territory figure and well below the national average of 27.7%, with India and New Zealand 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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70201/alice-springs/topic/ancestry-heritage