36.2% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Major Cities of Australia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English is the most common ancestry for people in the Major Cities of Australia, making up 37% of the population. These urban hubs are diverse centers of migration, with over a third of all residents having been born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond English and Australian ancestry, which are the most common, many residents identify as Irish (8.8%), Scottish (8.7%) or Italian (5.5%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A high 36.2% of people were born overseas, which is well above the national figure of 27.7% and has risen since 2011. While 59.3% were born in Australia, others came from England (8.0%), New Zealand (2.8%), India (2.8%) and South Africa (1.8%).
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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA50/major-cities-of-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage