18.2% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 71% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range
Ancestry & Birthplace in Remainder of State/Territory
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in the Remainder of State/Territory, where 41.7% of people claim this heritage. This region is largely Australian-born, though it maintains a diverse mix of European and other global roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 41.7% and 36.2% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Scottish at 9.3% and Irish at 8.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.2% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen 1.9 points since 2011, with 70.6% of the population now born in 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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR531/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/ancestry-heritage