43.6% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
O'Malley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in O'Malley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than four in ten people in O'Malley were born overseas, a figure that has risen steadily since 2011. This creates a highly diverse community where nearly 44% of residents have roots outside Australia, far exceeding both the territory and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 20.8% and Australian at 16.4%, followed by Chinese at 11.3%, Irish at 8.7% and Scottish at 7.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 43.6%, the proportion of people born overseas is among the highest for similar areas and far above the national figure of 27.7%. While 53% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India and China, both at 4.4%.
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 O'Malley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80103/o-malley/topic/ancestry-heritage