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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.

Far more people were born overseas in Outer Regional Australia than in most similar areas. While 27.8% of the population was born abroad, this mirrors the national figure of 27.7%.

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📍 Outer Regional Australia, Remoteness Area

Where Outer Regional Australia sits — People born overseas

27.8% ▲ +28.3%

All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Outer Regional Australia — higher than 86% of areas.

Outer Regional Australia27.8%
Australia 27.7%

Ancestry

The ancestries people most identify with.

Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 28.9% and 27.7%, followed by Irish at 8.5%, Scottish at 7.5% and Filipino at 4.9%.

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Outer Regional Australia splits fairly evenly between Australian (30%) and English (29%), with Irish at 9%.

Australian 28.9% English 27.7% Irish 8.5% Scottish 7.5% Filipino 4.9% Chinese 4.3% German 4.1% Greek 2.9% Indian 2.8% Italian 2.3%

Country of birth

Australia and the largest overseas communities.

The overseas-born population rose 6.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 27.8%. Outside of those born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are the Philippines (3.8%), India (2.7%), England (2.7%) and Nepal (1.8%).

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27.8% ▲ +28.3%

Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.

Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).

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/RA72/outer-regional-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage