17.9% ▲ +44.3%
Higher than 67% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Inner Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Inner Regional Australia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents have moved to Inner Regional Australia, with the share rising by 5.5 percentage points since 2011. While the area remains mostly Australian-born, English and Australian ancestries still dominate the local identity.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (42.9%) and Australian (38.6%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish at 10.3% and Scottish at 9.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 17.9% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 27.7%. Aside from the 77.6% born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are England, China, Nepal, and India.
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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA61/inner-regional-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage