5.6% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Victoria River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Victoria River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few residents were born outside Australia in Victoria River, which makes it far less diverse than most other parts of the country. While 81.7% of people were born here, those with overseas roots are much rarer than in the rest of the Northern Territory.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is most common at 41.3%, followed by English at 27.8%, Scottish at 10.3%, Irish at 9.5%, and German at 5.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Northern Territory's 21.8%.
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 Victoria River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70273/victoria-river/topic/ancestry-heritage