8.5% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 84% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Very Remote Australia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A gap of 19 percentage points separates Very Remote Australia from the national figure for overseas births. This own-country stronghold sees 80.8% of people born in Australia, with a heritage primarily rooted in Australian, English, and German ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian (29.9%) and English (27.7%) are the most common ancestries, followed by German, Irish, and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.5% of people were born overseas, which is much lower than most areas and far below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA44/very-remote-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage