8.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hughes · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hughes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Hughes than in most similar areas. This is a community where 69.9% of residents were born in Australia, and the typical resident identifies with Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 42.5%, followed by English at 24.7%. Other common ancestral backgrounds include Italian, Scottish, and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 21.8% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70131/hughes/topic/ancestry-heritage