30.8% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Karama · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Karama
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than three in ten residents in Karama were born overseas, making it a diverse community where international backgrounds are common. This is well above the national figure and the Northern Territory average. The area's mix is led by people with Australian, English, and Filipino roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (23.7%) and English (20.3%), followed by Filipino (8.5%), Scottish (6.2%) and Chinese (5.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 30.8% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Northern Territory's 21.8%. This diversity is reflected in the birthplaces, with 6.7% of the population born in the Philippines, followed by India, England and New Zealand.
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 Karama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70143/karama/topic/ancestry-heritage