8.5% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 84% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Outer Regional Australia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small rise in the share of overseas-born residents has occurred in Outer Regional Australia since 2011. While the area remains heavily shaped by British and Irish roots, the proportion of people born outside Australia has grown slightly to 8.5%. This remains far below the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 41.0% and 39.0% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also prominent at 11.1% and 10.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.5% of people here were born overseas, which is much lower than most similar areas and far below the national average. Australia is the most common birthplace at 81.4%, while England is the most frequent overseas origin at 1.8%.
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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA12/outer-regional-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage