30.6% ▼ -35.0%
Higher than 91% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 47.0%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
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.
A sharp drop in the share of overseas-born residents marks the biggest change for Very Remote Australia since 2011. While 30.6% of people were born outside Australia, this is a fall of 16 percentage points over the last decade. The region remains diverse, with many residents claiming Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 23.6% and English at 19.4%, followed by Chinese, Scottish, and Irish origins.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 30.6% of people born overseas, this figure is among the highest for similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (55.2%), followed by New Zealand at 7.8% and England at 2.2%.
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/RA94/very-remote-australia/topic/ancestry-heritage