A pictorial diagram illustrates the information regarding the proportion of citizens who were born in Australian and foreign countries occupying urban areas, towns, or the outskirts from 1950 to 2010.
From an overall perspective, it is evident that the percentage of international or Australian residents preferred living in cities over the remaining categories. In addition, those who were not born in Australia lived dominantly in big cities during the surveyed period.
In the period between 1950 to 2010, citizens given birth outside Australia had the highest percentage of living in cities, at exactly 60%, then reached a peak of 80%, in 2010, followed by the lower data on rural areas, at 40%. Town, however, accounted for the lowest value at around 10%. Both Towns and the suburbs dropped under 10% at the end of the period.
In 1950, around 50% of those who were born in Australia dwelled in cities, compared to 20% in towns and nearly 30% in rural areas. In 2010, the figure for cities saw an increase to 60%, and the percentage of Australian citizens living in both the countryside and the outskirts registered a dramatic decline to below 20% in the final year.