7.3% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 90% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.3%
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.
Much lower rates of overseas birth than most other areas define Remote Australia, where 83.4% of people were born here. This region is heavily shaped by local roots, with English and Australian ancestries each making up about 42% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, followed by German at 11.5%, Scottish at 10.9%, and Irish at 10.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.3% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and has fallen 1.9 points since 2011. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are England, New Zealand, India and the Philippines.
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/RA23/remote-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage