10.6% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 74% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.6%
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.
Just 10.6% of people in Remote Australia were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This means the vast majority of the population was born in Australia, with English and Australian being the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 35.3% and 31.8% of the population. Irish, Scottish and German ancestries are also seen in smaller numbers.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born outside Australia is far below the national figure of 27.7%, and this has barely changed since 2011. Most people were born in Australia (76.7%), followed by New Zealand at 2.3%.
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/RA33/remote-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage