17.6% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 66% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
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.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Outer Regional Australia, where 41.5% of people claim this background. While the region has a strong British and Irish influence, the proportion of people born overseas is much lower than the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, making up 41.5% and 38.4% of the population respectively. Scottish (9.3%), Irish (8.7%) and German (3.5%) backgrounds also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 17.6% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 27.7% and has barely changed since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (73%), followed by England (4.9%) and New Zealand (2.9%).
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/RA52/outer-regional-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage