6.5% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Outback - South · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Outback - South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Outback - South, where 42.4% of people claim this background. The region is overwhelmingly born within Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by British and Irish roots, with English (37.2%), Irish (11.3%), and Scottish (9.6%) backgrounds following the most common Australian heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.5% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below the national 27.7% and the Queensland 22.7%. This level of overseas birth has barely changed since 2011, when it sat at 5.9%.
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 Outback - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31503/outback-south/topic/ancestry-heritage