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1901-1921 Northern Territory Passenger Lists 1901-1921 at FindMyPast ($), index
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Ancestry and immigration[edit | edit source]

Country of Birth (2016)^[1]^[2]
BirthplaceTemplate:Refn	Population
Australia	157,531
Philippines	5,914
England	5,583
New Zealand	4,636
India	3,598
Greece	1,268
United States	1,211
Mainland China	1,192
Nepal	1,126
Indonesia	1,117
Republic of Ireland	1,026
East Timor	1,024

At the 2016 census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were:Template:Refn^[1]^[2]

Indigenous (30.3%)Template:Refn
Australian (28.1%)Template:Refn
English (27.5%)
Irish (9.3%)
Scottish (7.5%)
German (4.4%)
Filipino (3.5%)
Chinese (3.1%)
Indian (2.3%)
Italian (2.1%)
Greek (2%)
Dutch (1.3%)

31.2% of the population was born overseas at the 2016 census. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from the Philippines (2.6%), England (2.4%), New Zealand (2%), India (1.6%) and Greece (0.6%).^[1]^[2]

25.5% of the population, or 58,248 people, identified as Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders) in 2016.Template:Refn^[1]^[2]

[quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "2016 Census Community Profiles: Northern Territory". https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/communityprofile/7?opendocument.

[censusdata.abs.gov.au-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "Archived copy". http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/CensusOutput/copsub2016.NSF/All%20docs%20by%20catNo/2016~Community%20Profile~7/$File/GCP_7.zip?OpenElement. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

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+===Ancestry and immigration===
+{| class="wikitable" style="float:right;"
+|+Country of Birth (2016)<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au">{{Cite web|url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/communityprofile/7?opendocument|title=2016 Census Community Profiles: Northern Territory|website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au}}</ref><ref name="censusdata.abs.gov.au">{{Cite web |url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/CensusOutput/copsub2016.NSF/All%20docs%20by%20catNo/2016~Community%20Profile~7/$File/GCP_7.zip?OpenElement |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 June 2019 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602225625/https://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/CensusOutput/copsub2016.NSF/All%20docs%20by%20catNo/2016~Community%20Profile~7/$File/GCP_7.zip?OpenElement |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+! Birthplace{{refn|group="N"|In accordance with the Australian Bureau of Statistics source, [[England]], [[Scotland]], [[Mainland China]] and the Special Administrative Regions of [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] are listed separately}} !! Population
+|-
+|Australia|| 157,531
+|-
+|Philippines|| 5,914
+|-
+|England|| 5,583<!-- England and Scotland are listed separately as per the source. Do not combine -->
+|-
+|New Zealand|| 4,636
+|-
+|India|| 3,598
+|-
+|Greece|| 1,268
+|-
+|United States|| 1,211
+|-
+|Mainland China|| 1,192<!-- Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau SARs are listed separately as per the source. Do not combine -->
+|-
+|Nepal|| 1,126
+|-
+|[[Indonesia]]|| 1,117
+|-
+|Republic of Ireland|| 1,026
+|-
+|East Timor||1,024
+|}
+At the 2016 census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were:{{refn|group="N"|As a percentage of 199,426 persons who nominated their ancestry at the 2016 census.}}<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au" /><ref name="censusdata.abs.gov.au" /> <!-- Only ancestries with >1% are listed. Do not use the QuickStats data from ABS for ancestries. Use the full ancestry data series (eg from ABS Community Profiles series) as the QuickStats data shows each ancestry as a percentage of all ancestry responses (where each person can list up to two, thus a far greater number than the total population) while the full data series in the ABS Community Profiles show the percentage of people nominating a given ancestry as a percentage of the population who nominated an ancestry -->
+{{columns-list|colwidth=13em|
+* [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] (30.3%){{refn|group="N"|Of any ancestry. Includes those identifying as [[Aboriginal Australians]] or [[Torres Strait Islanders]]. Indigenous identification is separate to the ancestry question on the Australian Census and persons identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander may identify any ancestry.}}
+* [[Australians|Australian]] (28.1%){{refn|group="N"|The Australian Bureau of Statistics has stated that most who nominate "Australian" as their ancestry are part of the [[Anglo-Celtic Australian|Anglo-Celtic]] group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/49f609c83cf34d69ca2569de0025c182!OpenDocument|title=Feature Article - Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Australia (Feature Article)|first=c=AU; o=Commonwealth of Australia; ou=Australian Bureau of|last=Statistics|website=www.abs.gov.au|date=January 1995}}</ref>}}
+* [[English Australians|English]] (27.5%)
+* [[Irish Australians|Irish]] (9.3%)
+* [[Scottish Australians|Scottish]] (7.5%)
+* [[German Australians|German]] (4.4%)
+* [[Filipino Australians|Filipino]] (3.5%)
+* [[Chinese Australians|Chinese]] (3.1%)
+* [[Indian Australians|Indian]] (2.3%)
+* [[Italian Australians|Italian]] (2.1%)
+* [[Greek Australian|Greek]] (2%)
+* [[Dutch Australians|Dutch]] (1.3%)
+}}
+.2% of the population was born overseas at the 2016 census. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from the [[Philippines]] (2.6%), [[England]] (2.4%), [[New Zealand]] (2%), [[India]] (1.6%) and [[Greece]] (0.6%).<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au" /><ref name="censusdata.abs.gov.au" />
+.5% of the population, or 58,248 people, identified as [[Indigenous Australians]] ([[Aboriginal Australians]] and [[Torres Strait Islanders]]) in 2016.{{refn|group="N"|Of any ancestry. Includes those identifying as [[Aboriginal Australians]] or [[Torres Strait Islanders]]. Indigenous identification is separate to the ancestry question on the Australian Census and persons identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander may identify any ancestry.}}<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au" /><ref name="censusdata.abs.gov.au" />
 {{Place|Australia}}
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