15.3% ▲ +35.7%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Namatjira · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Namatjira
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Namatjira compared to the rest of the country. Only 15.3% of the population was born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure. This creates a strong local profile where the vast majority of residents were born on home soil.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 19.5% and English at 18.4%. Other notable groups include Irish (6.0%), Scottish (4.8%) and German (3.4%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 77.6% of residents were born in Australia, the proportion of people born overseas has risen 4.0 percentage points since 2011 to reach 15.3%. This figure remains well below the Northern Territory average and far below the Australian total.
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 Namatjira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70019/namatjira/topic/ancestry-heritage