19.3% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 72% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Remote Australia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A mix of diverse roots shapes daily life in Remote Australia, where nearly one in five people were born overseas. While the area has a higher share of overseas-born residents than most similar remote regions, this is still well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian and English, each accounting for about 23% of the population, followed by Irish at 7.8% and Scottish at 6.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas births rose 3.6 percentage points since 2011 to reach 19.3%. Outside of those born in Australia (71.6%), the most common birthplaces are New Zealand, India, England, and the Philippines.
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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA73/remote-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage