15.5% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Katherine · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Katherine
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A diverse mix of cultural roots shapes daily life in Katherine, where Australian and English ancestries are the most common. While most people were born here, the proportion of residents born overseas has risen to 15.5% over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most frequent at 28.1%, followed by English at 22.8%, Irish at 7.5%, Scottish at 6.5%, and German at 4.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 15.5%, which is far below the national figure and well below the Northern Territory average. This figure rose 4.8 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (70.1%), the Philippines, and Nepal.
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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70017/katherine/topic/ancestry-heritage