18.2% ▲ +84.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Katherine South · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Katherine South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing mix of backgrounds defines Katherine South, where 18.2% of residents were born overseas. While this is higher than in 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 25.9% and English at 19.2%, followed by Irish, Scottish and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 68.9% of people were born in Australia, there is a notable presence of residents from India, the Philippines and Nepal, who each make up over 2% of the population.
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70146/katherine-south/topic/ancestry-heritage