21.9% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Katherine · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Katherine
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift in cultural backgrounds has occurred in Katherine over the last decade, with a growing number of people born overseas. While 63.6% of residents were born in Australia, over a fifth of the population now comes from other countries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian, English, and Irish are the most common ancestries, making up over 66% of the community. Other common backgrounds include Scottish and Filipino ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.9% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Northern Territory figure. This is well below the national average, with the most common overseas birthplaces being Nepal, New Zealand, the Philippines, and India.
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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70144/katherine/topic/ancestry-heritage