4.7% ▲ +72.7%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Arnhem · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Arnhem
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of people born overseas now live in Arnhem, where the proportion has risen to 4.7% since 2011. The area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born, with the vast majority of residents tracing their roots to Australia, England and Ireland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 11.3%, followed by English at 9.4% and Irish at 2.9%. Other common roots include Scottish and German heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.7% of residents were born overseas, which is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the national figure of 27.7%. While this is much lower than the 21.8% seen across the Northern Territory, the number has risen from 2.7% in 2011.
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 Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70003/arnhem/topic/ancestry-heritage