12.0% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Adelaide River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Adelaide River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Adelaide River than in the rest of the territory. While 12% of residents were born abroad, this is nearly 10 percentage points lower than the Northern Territory figure and far below the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 27.4% and 24.3% of the population respectively. Other common ancestries include Irish, Scottish, and Chinese.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most people here were born in Australia, accounting for 65.6% of residents. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are New Zealand, England, and the Philippines.
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 Adelaide River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70002/adelaide-river/topic/ancestry-heritage