33.5% ▲ +123.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Palmerston City · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Palmerston City
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Palmerston City, where 22.7% of people claim this background. This is a diverse area with a very high proportion of people born overseas compared to the rest of the territory and the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian, English, Chinese, Indian and Filipino are the most common ancestries. Together, these groups reflect the varied heritage of the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
One in three people here was born overseas, a figure far above the Northern Territory's 21.8% and well above the national average of 27.7%. While 44.8% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are the Philippines, India and Nepal.
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 Palmerston City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70216/palmerston-city/topic/ancestry-heritage