11.1% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 71% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
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.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Outer Regional Australia compared to the national figure. Only 11.1% of the population was born outside Australia, which is 17 percentage points below the national average. This reflects a population with deep roots in Australia, dominated by English and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common here, accounting for 45.2% and 43.6% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also significant, at 9.9% and 9.5% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 81.9% of people were born in Australia, the share of overseas-born residents rose slightly by 1.0 percentage point since 2011 to reach 11.1%. England is the most common birthplace outside Australia, at 3.9%.
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/RA62/outer-regional-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage