8.9% ▲ +119.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
McArthur · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in McArthur
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small number of people born overseas live in McArthur, where the overseas-born population has remained steady since 2011. Only 8.9% of residents were born in another country, which is far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (17.3%) and English (17.1%), followed by Irish (8.4%), Scottish (5.1%) and German (3.3%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 21.8% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (53.3%), with small numbers from England (1.8%) and New Zealand (1.8%).
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 McArthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70180/mcarthur/topic/ancestry-heritage