11.2% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Herbert · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Herbert
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local heritage shapes Herbert, where nearly 45% of residents claim Australian ancestry. Most people here were born in Australia, making the area far less diverse in birthplace than the rest of the Northern Territory.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral roots are Australian (45.1%) and English (40.3%), followed by Scottish, Irish, and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 21.8% and the national rate of 27.7%. While 81.9% were born in Australia, the most frequent overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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 Herbert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70123/herbert/topic/ancestry-heritage