11.1% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 71% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
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.
Deep roots and a strong connection to the land define Outer Regional Australia, where about 80% of people were born here. The area is predominantly of English and Australian descent, with a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 40.1% and 39.4% of the population respectively. Other significant groups include Scottish (11.1%), Irish (10.9%), and German (5.4%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Australian figure of 27.7% and lower than most areas. This number has risen slightly by 1.8 percentage points since 2011, with most residents born in Australia (80.4%) or England (2.2%).
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/RA22/outer-regional-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage