11.2% ▲ +173.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Daly River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Daly 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 Daly River compared to the rest of the country. Only 11.2% of the population was born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than both the Northern Territory and Australia as a whole.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in the area are Australian at 29.3%, English at 17.2%, and Irish at 10.3%. Scottish and Italian backgrounds each make up 5.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 73.3% of residents were born in Australia, which helps explain why the 11.2% overseas birth rate is far below the Northern Territory's 21.8%. Of those born abroad, England and South Africa are the most common origins at 3.4% each.
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 Daly River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70071/daly-river/topic/ancestry-heritage