3.3% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Baines · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Baines
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very high proportion of people in Baines were born in Australia, a trend that has remained steady since 2011. This reflects a community where overseas birth is rare, with only 3.3% of residents born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 15.5% and English at 13.8%, followed by Irish, Scottish and Chinese backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 21.8% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas, with 89.5% of the population born in 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 Baines [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70021/baines/topic/ancestry-heritage