30.7% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tiwi · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tiwi
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than 30% of people in Tiwi were born overseas, a figure well above both the national average and the Northern Territory. This international mix creates a diverse community where nearly 31% of residents come from outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in the area are Australian at 28.9% and English at 24.3%, followed by Irish, Scottish and Indian roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 30.7%, the proportion of overseas-born residents is much higher than most areas and 8.9 percentage points above the Northern Territory figure. While 58.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India, the Philippines and England.
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 Tiwi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70262/tiwi/topic/ancestry-heritage