The line graph illustrates the proportion of Australian people who were born in different regions of the world, from 1976 to 2011. Overall, the total percentage of foreign-born Australians increased, while those from the UK decreased steadily. Notably, the Australians who were born in Asia increased significantly, surpassing that of people from Australia who were born in other places in the later years.
Turning to the details, in 1976, the total percentage of foreign-born Australians were just below 30%, before decreasing moderately by around 7% in 1986. After leveling off at 23%, it went up constantly to about 32.5% in 2011. Conversely, the percentage of UK-born residents of Australia declined steadily from approximately 14% to exactly 5% over the whole period.
The rest of the places had an overall increase in the percentage of foreign-born Australians. The proportion of Australians who are from other regions of the world was around 10% initially, before decreasing to about 8% in 1986. After increasing to just below 15% in 2006, the index went down again to 13% at the end. Adhering to a similar trend, the proportion of Asia-born Australians was just under 4% in 1976 and was multiplied by five, reaching 15% in 2011, surpassing that of foreign-born residents in Australia from other parts of the world.