6.5% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 94% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Remote Australia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Remote Australia than in the rest of the country, with only 6.5% born abroad. This creates a massive 21 percentage point gap compared to the national figure. Most residents here claim Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 38.9% and 32.5% of the population respectively. Other frequent ancestries include Irish at 9.9% and Scottish at 8.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.5% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average and has barely changed since 2011. Australia is the birthplace for 76.3% of residents, while England and New Zealand each account for 0.8%.
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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA13/remote-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage