6.1% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nitmiluk · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nitmiluk
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 6.1% of people in Nitmiluk were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much more locally born than most other parts of Australia. The community is primarily made up of people with Australian and English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 15.6%, followed by English at 13.2%. Other notable ancestries include German, Irish, and Scottish, each making up about 4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost 90% of the population was born in Australia. This is far below the 27.7% national figure for people born overseas, and also well below the Northern Territory's 21.8%.
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 Nitmiluk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70211/nitmiluk/topic/ancestry-heritage