23.3% ▲ +45.2%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Braitling · State Electorate
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse family roots and birthplaces shape the daily life of Braitling, where nearly a quarter of residents were born in another country. While English and Australian ancestries are the most common, the area has seen a significant increase in people moving here from overseas.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 29.7% and 27.7%, followed by Irish, Scottish and German roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.3% of people were born overseas, a figure that has risen 7.3 points since 2011. This is a little above the Northern Territory figure but well below the national average, with most residents born in Australia, New Zealand or England.
23.3% ▲ +45.2%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Braitling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70006/braitling/topic/ancestry-heritage