16.0% ▲ —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lake Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 16% of people in Lake Mackay were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This sparsely populated area is predominantly made up of Australian-born residents.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries reported are English at 16% and Australian at 12%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 16% of people were born overseas—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is well below the Northern Territory average. Most residents were born in Australia.
16.0% ▲ —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Lake Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70154/lake-mackay/topic/ancestry-heritage