10.0% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
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.
Far fewer people were born overseas in the Remainder of State/Territory than in most other areas. Only 10% of the population was born outside Australia, a figure that sits far below the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 29.7% and 26.6% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish and German ancestries also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much lower than in most areas and far below the Australian figure of 27.7%. This figure rose slightly from 9.0% in 2011 to 10.0% in 2021, with most people born in Australia, England or New Zealand.
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/SOSR731/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/ancestry-heritage