Greater Darwin
Birthplace
In 2016, 25.5% of people in Greater Darwin were born overseas, compared with 32.8% in Greater Capital Cities.
Country of Birth data identifies where people were born and is indicative of the level of cultural diversity in Greater Darwin. The mix of Country of Birth groups is also indicative of historical settlement patterns, as source countries for Australia's immigration program have varied significantly over time.
To get a more complete picture of cultural and ethnic characteristics, Greater Darwin's Country of Birth data should be viewed together with Ancestry, Language Spoken at Home and Religion.
Please note: Due to changes in ABS rules around perturbation and additivity of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual birthplace groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS. For more information see notes on data confidentiality.
Derived from the Census question:
'In which country was the person born?'
Total population
| Birthplace - Summary | ||||||||
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| Greater Darwin - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Greater Capital Cities % | Number | % | Greater Capital Cities % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Total overseas born | 34,903 | 25.5 | 32.8 | 38000 | 26,088 | 21.6 | 30.7 | +8,815 |
| Australia | 85,832 | 62.7 | 60.8 | 38004 | 81,357 | 67.5 | 63.8 | +4,475 |
| Not stated | 16,084 | 11.8 | 6.3 | 38006 | 13,156 | 10.9 | 5.5 | +2,928 |
| Total Population | 136,819 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 120,601 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +16,218 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Birthplace - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Greater Darwin - Overseas born (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Greater Capital Cities % | Number | % | Greater Capital Cities % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| United Kingdom | 5,066 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 30036 | 4,664 | 3.9 | 5.6 | +402 |
| Philippines | 4,963 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 30027 | 2,899 | 2.4 | 1.0 | +2,064 |
| New Zealand | 2,896 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 30023 | 2,511 | 2.1 | 2.3 | +385 |
| India | 2,697 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 30013 | 1,349 | 1.1 | 1.9 | +1,348 |
| Greece | 1,234 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 30011 | 976 | 0.8 | 0.7 | +258 |
| China | 1,057 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 30005 | 800 | 0.7 | 2.1 | +257 |
| East Timor | 1,008 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 30047 | 946 | 0.8 | 0.1 | +62 |
| Indonesia | 1,002 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 30014 | 915 | 0.8 | 0.4 | +87 |
| Nepal | 995 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 30102 | 316 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +679 |
| Ireland | 869 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 30016 | 452 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +417 |
| Thailand | 805 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 30034 | 620 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +185 |
| Vietnam | 768 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 30038 | 565 | 0.5 | 1.3 | +203 |
| Germany | 643 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 30010 | 719 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -76 |
| Sri Lanka | 635 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 30033 | 358 | 0.3 | 0.6 | +277 |
| Malaysia | 619 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 30020 | 553 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +66 |
| South Africa | 618 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 30031 | 472 | 0.4 | 0.8 | +146 |
| Taiwan | 479 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 30058 | 162 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +317 |
| United States of America | 438 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 30037 | 351 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +87 |
| Papua New Guinea | 437 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 30026 | 426 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Zimbabwe | 420 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 30131 | 333 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +87 |
| Japan | 393 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 30018 | 113 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +280 |
| Bangladesh | 372 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 30063 | 158 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +214 |
| Italy | 364 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 30017 | 309 | 0.3 | 1.1 | +55 |
| South Korea | 321 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 30029 | 180 | 0.1 | 0.5 | +141 |
| Pakistan | 312 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 30108 | 156 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +156 |
| Netherlands | 282 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 30022 | 299 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -17 |
| France | 273 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 30039 | 165 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +108 |
| Singapore | 259 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 30030 | 193 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +66 |
| Canada | 253 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 30004 | 242 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +11 |
| Fiji | 234 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 30008 | 183 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +51 |
| Hong Kong | 228 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 30012 | 183 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +45 |
| Cambodia | 187 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 30044 | 129 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +58 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 175 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 30070 | 164 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Portugal | 145 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30054 | 133 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Nigeria | 131 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30104 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +103 |
| Iran | 129 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 30049 | 345 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -216 |
| Cyprus | 118 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30046 | 119 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -1 |
| Kenya | 118 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30088 | 84 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +34 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 109 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30072 | 56 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +53 |
| South Sudan | 93 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30135 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +41 |
| Poland | 92 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 30028 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +43 |
| Sudan | 90 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30134 | 114 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -24 |
| Switzerland | 82 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30120 | 78 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +4 |
| Spain | 73 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30057 | 56 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +17 |
| Denmark | 70 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30075 | 66 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +4 |
| Brazil | 70 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30067 | 58 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Hungary | 65 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30048 | 67 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -2 |
| Serbia / Montenegro (fmr Yugoslavia) | 63 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 30032 | 44 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +19 |
| Sweden | 61 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30119 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Liberia | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30093 | 79 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -20 |
| Austria | 59 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30042 | 74 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -15 |
| Afghanistan | 54 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 30061 | 185 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -131 |
| Estonia | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30080 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +31 |
| Zambia | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30130 | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
| United Arab Emirates | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30126 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +31 |
| Russian Federation | 49 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30056 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +26 |
| Mauritius | 49 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30052 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +22 |
| Uganda | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30125 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +26 |
| Lebanon | 44 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 30019 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.5 | +7 |
| Egypt | 44 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 30007 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -6 |
| Turkey | 42 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 30035 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +13 |
| Finland | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30082 | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Belgium | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30065 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +18 |
| Colombia | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30071 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Chile | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30045 | 41 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -1 |
| Croatia | 38 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 30006 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -7 |
| Cook Islands | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30073 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +3 |
| Kuwait | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30090 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +20 |
| Laos | 35 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30091 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Saudi Arabia | 34 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30111 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Tanzania | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30122 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Tonga | 32 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30123 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Romania | 32 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30055 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +17 |
| Ghana | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30084 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Argentina | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30041 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -1 |
| Czechia | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30074 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30068 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30003 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +8 |
| Mexico | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30097 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +22 |
| Ukraine | 27 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30060 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +15 |
| Malta | 25 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 30021 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Peru | 25 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30109 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Norway | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30105 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +2 |
| Eastern Europe, nfd | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30076 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -6 |
| Samoa | 22 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30110 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Somalia | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30117 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +4 |
| Bhutan | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30132 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +2 |
| Seychelles | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30113 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -2 |
| Botswana | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30066 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Ethiopia | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30081 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -8 |
| Mozambique | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30100 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30069 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +5 |
| Slovenia | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30116 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jordan | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30087 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
| North Macedonia | 13 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 30009 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -8 |
| Iraq | 13 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 30015 | 75 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -62 |
| Albania | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30062 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Israel | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30086 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Macau | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30096 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Sierra Leone | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30114 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Lithuania | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30095 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +10 |
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Excludes countries of birth with fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the country of birth of the population in Greater Darwin in 2016 compared to Greater Capital Cities shows that there was a smaller proportion of people born overseas.
Overall, 25.5% of the population was born overseas, compared with 32.8% for Greater Capital Cities.
The largest non-English speaking country of birth in Greater Darwin was Philippines, where 3.6% of the population, or 4,963 people, were born.
The major differences between the countries of birth of the population in Greater Darwin and Greater Capital Cities were:
- A larger percentage of people born in Philippines (3.6% compared to 1.2%)
- A smaller percentage of people born in China (0.8% compared to 3.1%)
- A smaller percentage of people born in United Kingdom (3.7% compared to 5.0%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2016, the number of people born overseas increased by 8,815 or 33.8%.
The largest changes in birthplace countries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2016 were for those born in:
- Philippines (+2,064 persons)
- India (+1,348 persons)
- Nepal (+679 persons)
- Ireland (+417 persons)