32.1% ▲ +40.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Parap · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Parap
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher proportion of people were born overseas in Parap than in the rest of the Northern Territory. About 32.1% of residents were born outside Australia, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most diverse for birthplace among similar local regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 31.5% and Australian at 25.6%. Other significant groups include Irish at 12.2%, Scottish at 9.8%, and German at 6.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 32.1% of people born overseas, this figure is 10 percentage points higher than the Northern Territory average. While 61.8% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are England, the Philippines, India, and New Zealand.
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 Parap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70219/parap/topic/ancestry-heritage