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Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area

Ancestry & Birthplace in Very Remote Australia

Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.

Far fewer people were born overseas in Very Remote Australia than in most other areas of the country. Only 5.3% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%.

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Where Very Remote Australia sits — People born overseas

5.3% ▲ +34.9%

All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Very Remote Australia — lower than 99% of areas.

Very Remote Australia5.3%
Australia 27.7%

Ancestry

The ancestries people most identify with.

The most common ancestries reported are Australian at 9.1% and English at 8.3%, followed by Irish, Scottish, and German.

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Very Remote Australia splits fairly evenly between Australian (34%) and English (32%), with Irish at 10%.

Australian 9.1% English 8.3% Irish 2.7% Scottish 2.4% German 1.3% Filipino 0.6% Chinese 0.5% Italian 0.5% Dutch 0.4% Indian 0.4%

Country of birth

Australia and the largest overseas communities.

While the number of overseas-born residents rose 1.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 5.3%, this remains among the lowest rates for similar areas. Most people were born in Australia (86.7%), with small numbers from New Zealand, England, the Philippines, and India.

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5.3% ▲ +34.9%

Lower than 99% 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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA74/very-remote-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage