8.2% ▲ —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tiwi Islands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tiwi Islands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady shift in heritage has occurred in the Tiwi Islands since 2011. The area remains very strongly tied to Australia, with 84% of people born here and a small minority of residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 11.3% and English at 10.8%, followed by German, Irish, and Italian roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Northern Territory's 21.8% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70263/tiwi-islands/topic/ancestry-heritage