28.8% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 87% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Major Cities of Australia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 29% of people in the Major Cities of Australia were born overseas, making these urban hubs more diverse than most other areas. This international mix is reflected in a broad range of ancestral backgrounds, with English and Australian being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 32% and Australian at 31.5%, followed by Irish at 11.6%, Scottish at 10% and Chinese at 5.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 28.8% of the population, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen by 4.6 percentage points since 2011, with India (3.8%), England (2.9%) and China (2.7%) as the top birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA80/major-cities-of-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage