42.3% ▲ +49.9%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Darwin · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Darwin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A huge 42.3% of people in Port Darwin were born overseas, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area much more diverse than most other places in Australia. The community is a mix of many backgrounds, with nearly half the population born in Australia and the rest arriving from across the globe.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 25.9%, followed by Australian at 19.0%. Other significant groups include Irish, Scottish, and Chinese backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has risen by 14 points since 2011 to reach 42.3%, a figure far above the Northern Territory average. While 46.8% were born in Australia, others have come from Nepal, England, India, and the Philippines.
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 Port Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70022/port-darwin/topic/ancestry-heritage