18.7% ▲ +69.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Katherine East · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Katherine East
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in five people in Katherine East were born overseas, reflecting a diverse mix of backgrounds. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 27.5% and English at 20.0%, followed by Irish, Scottish, and Filipino backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.7% of residents were born outside Australia, which is well below the national figure. The Philippines is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.4%, followed by Nepal at 2.7%.
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 Katherine East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70145/katherine-east/topic/ancestry-heritage