2.7% ▲ —
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gunbalanya (Oenpelli)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost everyone in Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) was born in Australia, creating a community with very few overseas influences. This is reflected in the local ancestry, where English is the most common background at 5.6%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Small numbers of residents identify with English (5.6%), Australian (2.8%), or Irish (1.8%) ancestry. Chinese and Scottish backgrounds each account for 1.0% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 2.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 21.8% and the national average of 27.7%. While this remains among the lowest rates for similar areas, the proportion has risen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
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 Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715002/gunbalanya/topic/ancestry-heritage