34.9% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Nightcliff · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Nightcliff
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people in Nightcliff were born overseas than in most other areas. About 34.9% of residents were born outside Australia, which is well above the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 27% and Australian at 23.9%, followed by Irish at 10.7%, Scottish at 8%, and Indian at 5.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population has grown by 8.4 percentage points since 2011, reaching 34.9%, which is far above the Northern Territory's 21.8%. While 59.4% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are India (6.6%), Nepal (4.3%), and the Philippines (3%).
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 Nightcliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70021/nightcliff/topic/ancestry-heritage