Data story birth place

Birth place from the 2021 Australian Census

Birth place Count %
Australia 17,020,422 66.9
Not Stated 1,358,658 5.3
England 927,490 3.6
Other 759,173 3.0
India 673,352 2.6
China 549,618 2.2
New Zealand 530,492 2.1
Philippines 293,892 1.2
Vietnam 257,997 1.0
South Africa 189,207 0.7
Malaysia 165,616 0.7
Italy 163,326 0.6
Sri Lanka 131,904 0.5
Nepal 122,506 0.5
Scotland 118,496 0.5
Korea South 102,092 0.4
United States America 101,309 0.4
Germany 101,255 0.4
Hong Kong 100,148 0.4
Iraq 92,922 0.4
Greece 92,314 0.4
Pakistan 89,633 0.4
Lebanon 87,340 0.3
Indonesia 87,075 0.3
Thailand 83,779 0.3
Ireland 80,927 0.3
Iran 70,899 0.3
Fiji 68,947 0.3
Netherlands 66,481 0.3
Singapore 61,056 0.2
Afghanistan 59,797 0.2
Bangladesh 51,491 0.2
Canada 50,223 0.2
Taiwan 49,511 0.2
Brazil 46,720 0.2
Poland 45,884 0.2
Japan 45,267 0.2
Croatia 43,302 0.2
Egypt 43,213 0.2
North Macedonia 41,786 0.2
Zimbabwe 39,714 0.2
Myanmar 39,171 0.2
Cambodia 39,043 0.2
Turkey 38,568 0.2
France 36,019 0.1
Malta 35,413 0.1
Papua New Guinea 29,984 0.1
Chile 29,860 0.1
Wales 29,250 0.1
Samoa 28,107 0.1
Bosnia Herzegov 26,171 0.1
Mauritius 25,981 0.1

Birth place from the 2021 Australian Census

Which birth place is the third largest among people in Australia?

Birth place from the 2021 Australian Census

Can you read the labels without tilting your head?

Birth place from the 2021 Australian Census

What’s the data story?

India now third most common place of birth of Australian residents, census results show




  • The text on the bar shows the percentage out of 25,422,788 Australian residents born in that place.

  • There were 5.3% of Australian residents who did not state their birth place.

  • The top country of birth place is Australia with 66.9% of Australian residents born in Australia.

Story from The Guardian.