Census 2021: Almost half of Australians had a parent born overseas

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The 2021 Census counted nearly 25.5 million people in Australia and provides insight across a range of areas including cultural diversity, families and homes, and how the country changed during the pandemic.

More than half of all Australians are first or second-generation migrants, figures from the census have shown.

The results of the 2021 Census, released on Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), showed 48.2 per cent of Australians have a parent born overseas, and 27.6 per cent were born outside Australia.

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Census 2021: Almost half of Australians had a parent born overseas

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The 2021 Census counted nearly 25.5 million people in Australia and provides insight across a range of areas including cultural diversity, families and homes, and how the country changed during the pandemic.

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