3.6% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Arafura · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Arafura
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 Arafura, making it one of the least overseas-born areas at this level. While the proportion of people born abroad has risen slightly to 3.6%, it remains far below the figures for both the Northern Territory and the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries reported are English at 6.2% and Australian at 5.8%, followed by Irish, Scottish, and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.6% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below the 21.8% in the Northern Territory and the 27.7% national average. The vast majority of the population, 91.3%, were born in Australia.
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 Arafura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70001/arafura/topic/ancestry-heritage