17.7% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Theodore · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Theodore
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Theodore compared to the rest of the territory, with only 17.7% born abroad. This is about 10 to 11 percentage points below the figures for both Australia and the ACT.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 40.5% and English at 38%, followed by Irish at 12.3% and Scottish at 10.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the overseas-born population is higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national average. Most residents were born in Australia (80.1%), while the next most common birthplaces are England, India, New Zealand and Vietnam.
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 Theodore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80124/theodore/topic/ancestry-heritage