38.8% ▲ +46.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
The Gap · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in The Gap
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 39% of people in The Gap were born overseas, a figure far above the Northern Territory and national levels. This creates a diverse community where over one third of residents have roots outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 20.7% and Australian at 19.1%, followed by Irish, Indian and Scottish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 38.8%, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far above the national figure of 27.7%. While 51.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India, the Philippines, New Zealand and China.
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 The Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70253/the-gap/topic/ancestry-heritage