32.7% ▲ +46.7%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Araluen · State Electorate
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people in Araluen were born overseas compared to the rest of the Territory. Roughly 33% of residents grew up outside Australia, a figure that has jumped by 10 percentage points since 2011.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 26.4% and Australian at 25.3%, followed by Irish, Scottish and Indian roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 32.7% of people were born overseas, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 21.8%. While 60.9% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India, New Zealand and the Philippines.
32.7% ▲ +46.7%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Araluen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70002/araluen/topic/ancestry-heritage