1.3% ▲ —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gapuwiyak · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gapuwiyak
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Gapuwiyak compared to the rest of the country. While 27.7% of Australians were born abroad, only 1.3% of people in this area share that experience.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common, at 3%, followed by English at 2.4% and Irish at 1.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The number of overseas-born residents is among the lowest for similar areas, sitting far below the Northern Territory figure of 21.8%. This represents a small increase since 2011, when the figure was 0%.
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 Gapuwiyak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721005/gapuwiyak/topic/ancestry-heritage